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Bishop Apolinar Serrano Díez †

Deceased

Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Villarramiel de Campos, Diocese of Palencia, Spain
Ordained Bishop	Royal, Chapel, Madrid, Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain
Death Place	Habana, Diocese of San Cristobal de la Habana

a priest for 15.4 years a bishop for .5 years

Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Fernando Blanco y Lorenzo, O.P. † Archbishop of Valladolid Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Mariano Brezmes y Arredondo † Bishop of Astorga Bishop Zeferino González y Díaz Tuñón, O.P. † Bishop of Córdoba

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Fernando Blanco y Lorenzo, O.P. † (1858) Archbishop of Valladolid Archbishop Miguel García Cuesta † (1848) Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela Bishop Juan Antonio Rivadeneyra † (1831) Bishop of Valladolid Bishop Agustín Lorenzo Varela Temes † (1824) Bishop of Salamanca Bishop Hipólito Antonio Sánchez Rangel de Fayas, O.F.M. Obs. † (1807) Bishop of Maynas Bishop José Cuero y Caicedo † (1799) Bishop of Quito Bishop Ángel Velarde y Bustamante † (1789) Bishop of Popayán Bishop José Díaz de Lamadrid, O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Cartagena

Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Manuel Mercader y Arroyo † (1875)

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