Bishop José Luís Gerardo Ponce de León, I.M.C.

Bishop of Manzini, eSwatini

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 May 1961		Born
9 Jan 1983	21.6	Professed	Member of Consolata Missionaries
28 Dec 1985	24.6	Solemn Vows	Member of Consolata Missionaries
2 Aug 1986	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Consolata Missionaries
24 Nov 2008	47.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Ingwavuma, South Africa
24 Nov 2008	47.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Maturba
18 Apr 2009	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Maturba
29 Nov 2013	52.5	Appointed	Bishop of Manzini, eSwatini
29 Nov 2013	52.5	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Ingwavuma, South Africa
26 Jan 2014	52.7	Installed	Bishop of Manzini, eSwatini
30 Apr 2016	54.9	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Ingwavuma, South Africa

MicroData Summary for José Luís Gerardo Ponce de León
(WikiData: Q1709385)
Bishop José Luís Gerardo Ponce de León I.M.C. (born 8 May 1961) Bishop of Manzini

Ad Limina - April 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Buenos Aires, Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ordained Bishop Mtubatuba

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Manzini.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop James Patrick Green
Titular Archbishop of Altinum
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I.
Archbishop of Johannesburg
Bishop Michael Vincent Paschal Rowland, O.F.M. †
Bishop Emeritus of Dundee

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop James Patrick Green (2006)
Titular Archbishop of Altinum
Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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:
Archbishop Siegfried Mandla Jwara, C.M.M. (2016)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Buenos Aires, Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ordained Bishop	Mtubatuba

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 24 Nov 2008
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 198, Number 16,151
ab: Bollettino, 29 Nov 2013
i: CB, 26 Jan 2014

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