Bishop José Marcos Semeria †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Melo, Uruguay

Titular Bishop of Prusa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Mar 1855		Born
18 Jan 1880	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
3 Jul 1919	64.2	Appointed	Bishop of Melo, Uruguay
9 Nov 1919	64.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Melo, Uruguay
9 Jun 1922	67.2	Resigned	Bishop of Melo, Uruguay
9 Jun 1922	67.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Prusa
11 Oct 1934	79.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Melo, Uruguay

MicroData Summary
José Marcos Semeria
Bishop José Marcos Semeria
(born 19 Mar 1855, died 11 Oct 1934)
Bishop Emeritus of Melo

Event Place
Birth Place Tacuarembo
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Montevideo, Archdiocese of Montevideo

a priest for 54.7 years
a bishop for 14.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Alberto Vassallo di Torregrossa †
Titular Archbishop of Hemesa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Ricardo Isaza y Goyechea †
Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis
Bishop Pio Gaetano Secondo Stella †
Titular Bishop of Amyzon

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Alberto Vassallo di Torregrossa † (1914)
Titular Archbishop of Hemesa
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop José Joaquín Manuel Eloy Arróspide y Echeverría † (1923)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q5942433

Source(s):

d: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1935
c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1919, Number 68
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 43, Number 2,850

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