Bishop Cornelio Galleo Wigwigan †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines

Titular Bishop of Vagrauta

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 May 1942		Born
26 Dec 1966	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines
19 Mar 2004	61.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines
19 Mar 2004	61.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vagrauta
14 Jul 2004	62.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Vagrauta
16 May 2005	62.9	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe, Philippines

MicroData Summary
Cornelio Galleo Wigwigan
Bishop Cornelio Galleo Wigwigan
(born 28 May 1942, died 16 May 2005)
Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe

Event Place
Birth Place Sabangan

a priest for 38.3 years
a bishop for .8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio Franco
Titular Archbishop of Gallesium
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francisco Funaay Claver, S.J. †
Vicar Apostolic of Bontoc-Lagawe
Bishop Carlito Joaquin Cenzon, C.I.C.M. †
Bishop of Baguio

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antonio Franco (1992)
Titular Archbishop of Gallesium
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1133478

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 176, Number 14,653
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 183, Necrology (back)

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