Bishop Marco Antonio García y Suárez †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Granada, Nicaragua

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Feb 1899		Born
2 Apr 1922	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
17 Mar 1953	54.0	Appointed	Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua
24 May 1953	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua
14 Jul 1972	73.4	Resigned	Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua
15 Jul 1972	73.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Granada, Nicaragua

MicroData Summary
Marco Antonio García y Suárez
Bishop Marco Antonio García y Suárez
(born 14 Feb 1899, died 15 Jul 1972)
Bishop Emeritus of Granada

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

Event Place
Birth Place Terrabona, Archdiocese of Managua
Ordained Bishop Managua, Archdiocese of Managua

a priest for 50.2 years
a bishop for 19.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio Taffi †
Titular Archbishop of Sergiopolis
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Vicente Alejandro González y Robleto †
Archbishop of Managua
Bishop Isidro Augusto Oviedo y Reyes †
Bishop of León en Nicaragua

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antonio Taffi † (1947)
Titular Archbishop of Sergiopolis
Benedetto Cardinal Aloisi Masella † (1919)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Secretary of State
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Miguel Cardinal Obando Bravo, S.D.B. † (1968)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Clemente Carranza y López † (1963)
Father Donaldo Gonzalo Chávez Núñez † (1966)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64352578

Source(s):

c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 46, Number 3,117
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1953, Number 43

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