Bishop Alfonso Pedro Torres Farías, O.P. †

Deceased

Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jun 1917		Born
29 Dec 1940	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
25 Sep 1962	45.3	Appointed	Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina
23 Dec 1962	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina
3 Mar 1963	45.7	Installed	Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina
5 Nov 1988	71.4	Died	Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina

MicroData Summary
Alfonso Pedro Torres Farías
Bishop Alfonso Pedro Torres Farías O.P.
(born 6 Jun 1917, died 5 Nov 1988)
Bishop of Catamarca

Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place San Agustín, Diocese of Córdoba (Tucumán)
Ordained Bishop Milagro del Rosario, Church, Córdoba, Archdiocese of Córdoba

a priest for 47.8 years
a bishop for 25.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Umberto Mozzoni †
Titular Archbishop of Side
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Adolfo Servando Tortolo †
Archbishop of Paraná
Bishop Enrique Principe †
Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Umberto Mozzoni † (1954)
Titular Archbishop of Side
James Charles Cardinal McGuigan † (1930)
Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario
Archbishop Henry Joseph O’Leary † (1913)
Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta
Archbishop Pellegrino Francesco Stagni, O.S.M. † (1907)
Archbishop of L’Aquila
Casimiro Cardinal Gennari † (1881)
Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Gerardo Eusebio Sueldo † (1982)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Diego Gutiérrez Pedraza, O.S.A. † (1973)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q63363089

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1962, Number 191
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 82, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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