Bishop Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Matanzas, Cuba

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Mar 1944		Born
21 May 1972	28.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
1984²	39.8	Incardinated	Priest of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
7 May 2005	61.1	Appointed	Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba
4 Jun 2005	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba
11 Jun 2005	61.2	Installed	Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba
22 Mar 2022	78.0	Retired	Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba
26 Mar 2025	81.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Matanzas, Cuba

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal
Bishop Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal
(born 11 Mar 1944, died 26 Mar 2025)
Bishop Emeritus of Matanzas

Ad Limina - May 2008: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2017: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place San Cristóbal de La Habana, Archdiocese of San Cristobal de la Habana
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Pinar del Rio, Diocese of Pinar del Rio
Death Place La Milagrosa, Casa Diocesana, Matanzas, Diocese of Matanzas

a priest for 52.8 years
a bishop for 19.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop José Siro González Bacallao †
Bishop of Pinar del Rio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Jaime Lucas Cardinal Ortega y Alamino †
Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana
Archbishop Pedro Claro Meurice Estiu †
Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop José Siro González Bacallao † (1982)
Bishop of Pinar del Rio
Archbishop Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino † (1979)
Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana
Archbishop Mario Tagliaferri † (1970)
Titular Archbishop of Formiae
Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot † (1954)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Maurice Cardinal Feltin † (1928)
Archbishop of Paris
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Binet † (1920)
Archbishop of Besançon
Louis-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Luçon † (1888)
Archbishop of Reims
Bishop Charles-Emile Freppel † (1870)
Bishop of Angers
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Archbishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop of Rouen
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	San Cristóbal de La Habana, Archdiocese of San Cristobal de la Habana
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Pinar del Rio, Diocese of Pinar del Rio
Death Place	La Milagrosa, Casa Diocesana, Matanzas, Diocese of Matanzas

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1682779

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 180, Number 14,896
r: Bollettino, 22 Mar 2022
d/inca: CB, 27 Mar 2025

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