Bishop Samuel Ruiz García †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Nov 1924		Born
2 Apr 1949	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
14 Nov 1959	35.0	Appointed	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
25 Jan 1960	35.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), México
13 Mar 2000	75.3	Retired	Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
24 Jan 2011	86.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México

MicroData Summary
Samuel Ruiz García
Bishop Samuel Ruiz García
(born 3 Nov 1924, died 24 Jan 2011)
Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas

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 Irapuato, Diocese of León, Guanajuato
Ordained Bishop San Cristóbal de las Casas, Diocese of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas)
Death Place México, Archdiocese of México, Federal District

a priest for 61.8 years
a bishop for 50.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Manuel Martín del Campo Padilla †
Bishop of León, Guanajuato
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Lucio Torreblanca y Tapia †
Archbishop of Durango
Bishop José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios †
Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Manuel Martín del Campo Padilla † (1946)
Bishop of León, Guanajuato
Archbishop Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes † (1924)
Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán
Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flores † (1900)
Archbishop of Michoacán
Archbishop Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera † (1892)
Archbishop of México, Federal District
Bishop Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón † (1871)
Bishop of San Luis Potosí
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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:
Adolfo Antonio Cardinal Suárez Rivera † (1971)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Irapuato, Diocese of León, Guanajuato
Ordained Bishop	San Cristóbal de las Casas, Diocese of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas)
Death Place	México, Archdiocese of México, Federal District

External Link(s):

VIAF: 23472453
WikiData: Q937519

Source(s):

d: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1960, Number 3
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 208, Necrology (back)

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