Bishop Marcelo Ben�tez Mart�nez, O.F.M.

Bishop of Caazap�, Paraguay

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Sep 1956		Born
25 Feb 1987	30.4	Entered	Member of Order of Friars Minor
12 Apr 1993	36.5	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor
9 Apr 1994	37.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
22 Mar 2025	68.5	Appointed	Bishop of Caazap�, Paraguay
10 May 2025	68.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Caazap�, Paraguay

MicroData Summary
Marcelo Ben�tez Mart�nez
Bishop Marcelo Ben�tez Mart�nez O.F.M.
(born 6 Sep 1956)
Bishop of Caazap�

Event Place
Birth Place Santa Mar�a, Diocese of Villarrica
Ordained Bishop San Pablo, Cathedral, Caazap�, Diocese of Caazap�

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Caazap�.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Vincenzo Turturro
Titular Archbishop of Rebellum
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Rios
Bishop of Caacup�
Bishop Claudio Silvero Acosta, S.C.I. di B�th.
Titular Bishop of Curubis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Vincenzo Turturro (2024)
Titular Archbishop of Rebellum
Pietro Cardinal Parolin (2009)
Cardinal-Bishop of Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela
Pope Benedict XVI (1977)
(Joseph Ratzinger †)
Bishop Josef Stangl † (1957)
Bishop of W�rzburg
Archbishop Josef Schneider † (1955)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Archbishop of M�nchen und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop of Speyer
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schl�r † (1898)
Bishop of W�rzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of W�rzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of M�nchen und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
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 Trinit� 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

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WikiData: Q133467901

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 22 Mar 2025
qofm: CB, 22 Mar 2025
ob: CB, 26 Mar 2025
c2+: CB, 10 May 2025

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