Bishop Valentín Comellas y Santamaría †

Deceased

Bishop of Solsona, Spain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Jun 1861		Born
28 Feb 1885	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Solsona, Spain
18 Dec 1919	58.5	Appointed	Administrator of Solsona, Spain
18 Dec 1919	58.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina
16 May 1920	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina
5 Sep 1933	72.2	Appointed	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
19 Mar 1945	83.7	Died	Bishop of Solsona, Spain

MicroData Summary
Valentín Comellas y Santamaría
Bishop Valentín Comellas y Santamaría
(born 5 Jun 1861, died 19 Mar 1945)
Bishop of Solsona

Event Place
Birth Place Caserras, Diocese of Solsona
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Solsona, Diocese of Solsona
Death Place Solsona, Diocese of Solsona

a priest for 60.0 years
a bishop for 24.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francesco Ragonesi †
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francisco de Asís Vidal y Barraquer †
Archbishop of Tarragona
Bishop Luis José María Amigó y Ferrer, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop of Segorbe

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francesco Ragonesi † (1904)
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Isidro Cardinal Gomá y Tomás † (1927)
Bishop Juan (Matías) Solá y Farrell, O.F.M. Cap. † (1931)
Bishop Manuel Borras y Ferré † (1934)
Bishop Leoncio Fernández Galilea, C.M.F. † (1935)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q11900094

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 50
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1920, Number 22

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