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Bishop Rómulo Betancourt y Torres †

Deceased

Bishop of Campeche, México

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Irapuato
Ordained Bishop	Morelia, Archdiocese of Michoacán
Death Place	Merida

a priest for 16.0 years a bishop for .8 years

Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Atenógenes Silva y Álvarez Tostado † Archbishop of Michoacán Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Rafael Sabás Camacho y García † Bishop of Querétaro Bishop Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete † Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Atenógenes Silva y Álvarez Tostado † (1892) Archbishop of Michoacán Archbishop Pedro José de Jesús Loza y Pardavé † (1852) Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco Archbishop José Lázaro de la Garza y Ballesteros † (1837) Archbishop of México, Federal District Bishop Angel Mariano de Morales y Jasso † (1832) Bishop Emeritus of Sonora Bishop Juan Cayetano José María Gómez de Portugal y Solis † (1831) Bishop of Michoacán Bishop Francisco Pablo Vásquez Bizcaíno (y Sánchez) † (1831) Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles) Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823) Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace Pope Clement XIII (1743) (Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †) Pope Benedict XIV (1724) (Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †) Pope Benedict XIII (1675) (Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †) Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666) Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621) Archbishop of Bologna Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604) Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa) Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566) Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola Scipione Cardinal Rebiba † Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

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