Bishop Juan Gaspar Stork, C.M. †

Deceased

Bishop of San José de Costa Rica

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Jun 1856		Born
1 Jun 1904	47.9	Appointed	Bishop of San José de Costa Rica
28 Aug 1904	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of San José de Costa Rica
12 Dec 1920	64.5	Died	Bishop of San José de Costa Rica

MicroData Summary
Juan Gaspar Stork
Bishop Juan Gaspar Stork C.M.
(born 7 Jun 1856, died 12 Dec 1920)
Bishop of San José de Costa Rica

Event Place
Birth Place Köln, Germany

a bishop for 16.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Francisco Javier Junguito, S.J. †
Bishop of Panamá
Assisted by:
Father Rafael Otón Castro y Jiménez †
Priest of San José de Costa Rica

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Francisco Javier Junguito, S.J. † (1901)
Bishop of Panamá
Bishop Pedro Adán (Pietro-Adamo) Brioschi, P.I.M.E. † (1898)
Bishop of Cartagena
Archbishop Bernardo Herrera Restrepo † (1885)
Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Archbishop José Telésphor Paúl y Vargas, S.J. † (1876)
Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Bishop Ignacio Antonio Parra † (1871)
Bishop of Nueva Pamplona
Archbishop Vicente Arbeláez Gómez † (1860)
Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Archbishop Antonio Herrán y Zaldúa † (1855)
Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Bishop Domingo Antonio Riaño Martínez † (1855)
Bishop of Antioquía
Bishop Bernabé Rojas, O.P. † (1855)
Bishop of Santa Marta
Bishop Jose Antonio Chaves, O.F.M. Obs. † (1834)
Titular Bishop of Calydon
Bishop Salvador Jiménez y Padilla † (1816)
Bishop of Popayán
Bishop Andrés Esteban y Gómez † (1815)
Bishop of Ceuta
Bishop Atanasio Puyal y Poveda † (1790)
Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada
Francisco Antonio Cardinal de Lorenzana y Butrón † (1765)
Archbishop of Toledo
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta, C.M. † (1912)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop José Cándido Piñol y Batres † (1914)
Bishop Antonio del Carmen Monestel y Zamora † (1915)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q20900684

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1904, Number 39

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