Bishop Benjamín Jiménez Hernández †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Mar 1938		Born
28 Jul 1963	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 May 1989	51.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
13 May 1989	51.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sullectum
29 Jun 1989	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sullectum
4 Oct 1993	55.5	Appointed	Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
18 Mar 2011	72.9	Resigned	Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
26 Nov 2020	82.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México

MicroData Summary
Benjamín Jiménez Hernández
Bishop Benjamín Jiménez Hernández
(born 31 Mar 1938, died 26 Nov 2020)
Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán

Ad Limina - September 2005: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Pénjamo
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Culiacán, Diocese of Culiacán, Sinaloa
Death Place San José, Hospital, Hermosillo, Archdiocese of Hermosillo, Sonora

a priest for 57.3 years
a bishop for 31.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Girolamo Prigione †
Titular Archbishop of Lauriacum
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Luis Rojas Mena †
Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa
Bishop Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán
Bishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Girolamo Prigione † (1968)
Titular Archbishop of Lauriacum
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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:
Bishop Emigdio Duarte Figueroa (2007)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop José Isidro Guerrero Macías † (1997)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q817768

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 18 Mar 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 117, Number 10,460
d: CB, 26 Nov 2020
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 246, Necrology (back)

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