Bishop Antonio Victor Pildáin y Zapiáin †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jan 1890		Born
13 Sep 1913	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Vitoria, Spain
18 May 1936	46.3	Appointed	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
14 Feb 1937	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
15 Dec 1966	76.9	Retired	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
15 Dec 1966	76.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Pomaria
11 Dec 1970	80.9	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Pomaria
7 May 1973	83.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain

MicroData Summary
Antonio Victor Pildáin y Zapiáin
Bishop Antonio Victor Pildáin y Zapiáin
(born 17 Jan 1890, died 7 May 1973)
Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}

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

Event Place
Birth Place Lezo, Diocese of Vitoria
Ordained Bishop Madonna della Clemenza, Collegio Spagnolo, Palazzo Altemps, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Las Palmas, Diocese of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}

a priest for 59.6 years
a bishop for 36.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Federico Cardinal Tedeschini †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza †
Bishop of Tortosa
Bishop Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara †
Bishop of Cartagena (en España)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Federico Cardinal Tedeschini † (1921)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Andrés A. Domingo Pérez Cáceres † (1947)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 30850530
WikiData: Q3753681

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1937, Number 9
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 28, Number 1,577

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