Archbishop Luis Durou y Sure, C.M. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Guatemala

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Feb 1870		Born
8 Mar 1895	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
30 Jun 1928	58.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Guatemala
11 Nov 1928	58.7	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Guatemala
12 Nov 1928	58.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Verapaz and Petén, Guatemala
14 Jan 1935	64.9	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Verapaz and Petén, Guatemala
17 Dec 1938	68.8	Died	Archbishop of Guatemala

MicroData Summary
Luis Durou y Sure
Archbishop Luis Durou y Sure C.M.
(born 1 Feb 1870, died 17 Dec 1938)
Archbishop of Guatemala

Event Place
Birth Place Sainte-Sabine, Diocese of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
Ordained Bishop Ciudad de Guatemala, Archdiocese of Guatemala
Death Place Ciudad de Guatemala, Archdiocese of Guatemala

a priest for 43.7 years
a bishop for 10.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana †
Titular Archbishop of Sebastea
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Agustín Hombach, C.M. †
Archbishop of Tegucigalpa
Bishop Santiago Ricardo Vilanova y Meléndez †
Bishop of Santa Ana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop George Joseph (Jorge José) Caruana † (1921)
Titular Archbishop of Sebastea
Antonio Cardinal Vico † (1898)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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:
Bishop Angel Maria Navarro † (1929)
Bishop José Luis Montenegro y Flores † (1935)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64727673

Source(s):

c2: JPG
d: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1939
c3+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1928, Number 75

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