Bishop Vicente Juan Solís Fernández †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Alajuela, Costa Rica

Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Aug 1892		Born
22 Aug 1915	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of San José de Costa Rica
3 Jul 1940	47.9	Appointed	Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica
18 Aug 1940	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica
18 Mar 1967	74.6	Retired	Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica
18 Mar 1967	74.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia
16 Jan 1973	80.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Alajuela, Costa Rica

MicroData Summary
Vicente Juan Solís Fernández
Bishop Vicente Juan Solís Fernández
(born 8 Aug 1892, died 16 Jan 1973)
Bishop Emeritus of Alajuela

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Heredia

a priest for 57.4 years
a bishop for 32.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Víctor Manuel Sanabria y Martínez †
Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Claudio María Volio y Jiménez †
Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis
Bishop Johann Paul Odendahl Metz, C.M. †
Titular Bishop of Latopolis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Víctor Manuel Sanabria y Martínez † (1938)
Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
Archbishop Carlo Chiarlo † (1928)
Titular Archbishop of Amida
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Enrique Bolaños Quesada † (1963)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Carlos de la Trinidad Borge y Castrillo † (1945)
Archbishop Rubén Odio Herrera † (1952)
Bishop Delfín Quesada Castro † (1955)
Bishop Alfonso Hoefer (Höfer) Hombach, C.M. † (1958)
Archbishop Carlos Humberto Rodríguez Quirós † (1960)
Archbishop Román Arrieta Villalobos † (1961)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q9016044

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1940, Number 48

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