Bishop Fidel Cortés Pérez †

Deceased

Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Apr 1912		Born
9 Jul 1939	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
18 Dec 1958	46.6	Appointed	Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México
24 Feb 1959	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México
14 Aug 1982	70.3	Died	Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero, México

MicroData Summary
Fidel Cortés Pérez
Bishop Fidel Cortés Pérez
(born 21 Apr 1912, died 14 Aug 1982)
Bishop of Chilapa

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Tumbisca, Archdiocese of Morelia, Michoacán
Ordained Bishop Chilapa, Diocese of Chilapa, Guerrero

a priest for 43.0 years
a bishop for 23.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
José Cardinal Garibi y Rivera †
Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes †
Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán
Bishop José Abraham Martínez Betancourt †
Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

José Cardinal Garibi y Rivera † (1930)
Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco
Archbishop Francisco Orozco y Jiménez † (1902)
Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco
Archbishop Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera † (1892)
Archbishop of México, Federal District
Bishop Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón † (1871)
Bishop of San Luis Potosí
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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:
Archbishop Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez † (1960)
Archbishop Rafael Bello Ruiz † (1974)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64752414

Source(s):

b/ob/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1959, Number 13

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