Bishop Luis Pérez Hernández, C.I.M. †

Deceased

Bishop of Cúcuta, Colombia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Aug 1894		Born
10 Mar 1918	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of Jesus and Mary
3 Nov 1945	51.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia
3 Nov 1945	51.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aradus
6 Jan 1946	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Aradus
29 May 1956	61.7	Appointed	Bishop of Cúcuta, Colombia
28 Jun 1959	64.8	Died	Bishop of Cúcuta, Colombia

MicroData Summary
Luis Pérez Hernández
Bishop Luis Pérez Hernández C.I.M.
(born 25 Aug 1894, died 28 Jun 1959)
Bishop of Cúcuta

Event Place
Birth Place San José de Cúcuta, Diocese of Nueva Pamplona
Ordained Bishop Bogotá, Archdiocese of Bogotá
Death Place Bogotá, Archdiocese of Bogotá

a priest for 41.2 years
a bishop for 13.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giuseppe Beltrami †
Titular Archbishop of Damascus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francisco José Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. †
Titular Bishop of Paraetonium
Bishop Emilio de Brigard Ortiz †
Titular Bishop of Coracesium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giuseppe Beltrami † (1940)
Titular Archbishop of Damascus
Luigi Cardinal Maglione † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Tomás Alberto Clavel Méndez † (1955)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q20922514

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1946, Number 2

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