Bishop Ildefonso Vargas y Abarca, O.E.S.A. †

Deceased

Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
Apr 1633³		Born
23 Sep 1656	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine
22 Nov 1677	44.6	Appointed	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
24 Feb 1679	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras
9 May 1697	64.1	Died	Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Ildefonso Vargas y Abarca
Bishop Ildefonso Vargas y Abarca O.E.S.A. (born Apr 1633, died 9 May 1697) Bishop of Comayagua

Event Place
Birth Place Toledo, Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain
Ordained Bishop León, Diocese of Nicaragua

a priest for 40.6 years
a bishop for 18.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Andrés de las Navas y Quevedo, O. de M. †
Bishop of Nicaragua

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Andrés de las Navas y Quevedo, O. de M. † (1678)
Bishop of Nicaragua
Bishop Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño † (1675)
Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala
Archbishop Payo Afán Enríquez de Ribera Manrique de Lara, O.S.A. † (1658)
Archbishop of México, Federal District
Bishop Alonso de Briceño (Brizeño), O.F.M. Obs. † (1645)
Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Bishop Hernando de Ramírez y Sánchez, O.SS.T. † (1642)
Bishop of Panamá
Bishop Diego Castejón Fonseca † (1634)
Bishop Emeritus of Lugo
Bishop Melchor Soria Vera †
Titular Bishop of Troas

Event	Place
Birth Place	Toledo, Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain
Ordained Bishop	León, Diocese of Nicaragua

Source(s):

c2/b: CB
b/c2: Episcopologio Español, Volume 1,500, Page 219, Number 1,358
bp/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 219, Additions/Corrections (back)
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1679, Number 3
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 165
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 78, Number 6,315

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