Bishop Justo Rivas Fernández †

Deceased

Bishop of Plasencia, Spain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Jun 1873		Born
Jun 1900³	26.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mondoñedo, Spain
22 Sep 1922	49.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
22 Sep 1922	49.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Priene
18 Dec 1924	51.5	Appointed	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
25 Jul 1925	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
16 Jul 1930	57.1	Died	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Justo Rivas Fernández
Bishop Justo Rivas Fernández
(born 5 Jun 1873, died 16 Jul 1930)
Bishop of Plasencia

Event Place
Birth Place Riotorto, Diocese of Mondoñedo
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Santiago de Compostela, Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
Death Place Santiago de Compostela, Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela

a priest for 30.1 years
a bishop for 4.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Federico Tedeschini †
Titular Archbishop of Naupactus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Juan José Solís y Fernández †
Bishop of Mondoñedo
Bishop Plácido Ángel Rey de Lemos, O.F.M. †
Bishop of Lugo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Federico Tedeschini † (1921)
Titular Archbishop of Naupactus
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 Feliciano Rocha Pizarro † (1929)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64745209

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1925, Number 42
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 94, Additions/Corrections (front)

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