Archbishop Antonio L�pez Avi�a †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Durango, M�xico

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Aug 1915		Born
29 Oct 1939	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
21 Jun 1955	39.8	Appointed	Bishop of Zacatecas, M�xico
21 Sep 1955	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Zacatecas, M�xico
14 Dec 1961	46.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Durango, M�xico
4 Mar 1993	77.5	Retired	Archbishop of Durango, M�xico
25 Feb 2004	88.5	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Durango, M�xico

MicroData Summary
Antonio L�pez Avi�a
Archbishop Antonio L�pez Avi�a
(born 20 Aug 1915, died 25 Feb 2004)
Archbishop Emeritus of Durango

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

Event Place
Birth Place Chalchihuites

a priest for 64.3 years
a bishop for 48.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Luigi Traglia †
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jos� Mar�a Gonz�lez y Valencia †
Archbishop of Durango
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jos� Garibi y Rivera †
Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco
Bishop Manuel Mart�n del Campo Padilla †
Bishop of Le�n, Guanajuato

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Jos� Mar�a Gonz�lez y Valencia † (1922)
Archbishop of Durango
Archbishop Jos� Oth�n N��ez y Z�rate † (1909)
Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca
Archbishop Eulogio Gregorio Clemente Gillow y Zavalza † (1887)
Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca
Archbishop Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y D�valos † (1855)
Archbishop of M�xico, Federal District
Bishop Clemente de Jes�s Mungu�a y N��ez † (1852)
Bishop of Michoac�n
Bishop Joaqu�n Fern�ndez de Madrid y Canal † (1834)
Titular Bishop of Tanagra
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-Fran�ois) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop V�ctor Ren� Rodr�guez G�mez (1976)
Bishop Enrique S�nchez Mart�nez (1986)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Francisco Medina Ramirez, O.C.D. † (1974)
Bishop Juan de Dios Caballero Reyes (1978)
Bishop Rafael Barraza S�nchez † (1980)
Archbishop H�ctor Gonz�lez Mart�nez (1982)
Norberto Cardinal Rivera Carrera (1985)
Bishop Jos� Andr�s Corral Arredondo † (1989)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francisco Ferreira Arreola † (1958)
Bishop Miguel Garcia Franco † (1959)
Bishop Jos� Esa�l Robles Jim�nez † (1962)
Bishop Domingo Jafet Herrera Castillo † (1978)
Bishop Manuel Mireles Vaquera † (1982)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/273548
VIAF: 285159474178927661328
WikiData: Q9157913

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations �piscopales, Year 1955, Number 82
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 177, Necrology (back)

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