Archbishop Manuel María Pólit y Laso †

Deceased

Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Mar 1862		Born
22 Dec 1894	32.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Quito, Ecuador
12 Jan 1907	44.7	Appointed	Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
1 Nov 1907	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
7 Jun 1918	56.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador
30 Oct 1932	70.5	Died	Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador

MicroData Summary
Manuel María Pólit y Laso
Archbishop Manuel María Pólit y Laso
(born 25 Mar 1862, died 30 Oct 1932)
Archbishop of Quito

Event Place
Birth Place Quito, Archdiocese of Quito

a priest for 37.8 years
a bishop for 24.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pietro Gasparri †
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina
Bishop Rinaldo Camillo Rousset, O.C.D. †
Bishop of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

Ordained Priest:
Father Adolfo Maria Astudillo Morales † (1908)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Alberto Maria Ordóñez Crespo † (1917)
Bishop Alejandro Pasquel Monge † (1932)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Carlos María Javier Cardinal de la Torre † (1912)
Bishop Marius Besson † (1920)
Assisted:
Bishop Ulpiano María Pérez y Quiñones † (1907)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/103357
VIAF: 14904258
WikiData: Q19295690

Source(s):

op/ob/c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1907, Number 59

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