Bishop Felix Sanchez Zafra †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Tagbilaran, Philippines

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Jan 1920		Born
4 Mar 1944	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tagbilaran, Philippines
31 Jul 1967	47.5	Appointed	Bishop of Dipolog, Philippines
22 Oct 1967	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Dipolog, Philippines
20 Oct 1986	66.7	Appointed	Bishop of Tagbilaran, Philippines
21 Apr 1992	72.2	Retired	Bishop of Tagbilaran, Philippines
4 Aug 2002	82.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Tagbilaran, Philippines

MicroData Summary
Felix Sanchez Zafra
Bishop Felix Sanchez Zafra
(born 14 Jan 1920, died 4 Aug 2002)
Bishop Emeritus of Tagbilaran

Event Place
Birth Place Clarin

a priest for 58.4 years
a bishop for 34.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Manuel Mascariñas y Morgia †
Bishop of Tagbilaran
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Manuel Sandalo Salvador †
Titular Bishop of Nasbinca
Bishop Jesus Yu Varela †
Titular Bishop of Tatilti

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Manuel Mascariñas y Morgia † (1938)
Bishop of Tagbilaran
Archbishop Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B. † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Nicosia
Giovanni Cardinal Cagliero, S.D.B. † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Jesus Balaso Tuquib † (1973)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64734276

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Necrology (back)

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