Bishop Argimiro Alvaro García Rodríguez, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tucupita, Venezuela

Titular Bishop of Coropissus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Sep 1905		Born
14 Jun 1930	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
19 Dec 1955	50.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Tucupita, Venezuela
19 Dec 1955	50.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Coropissus
8 Jul 1956	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Coropissus
25 Nov 1985	80.1	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Tucupita, Venezuela
16 Dec 1991	86.2	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tucupita, Venezuela

MicroData Summary
Argimiro Alvaro García Rodríguez
Bishop Argimiro Alvaro García Rodríguez O.F.M. Cap.
(born 27 Sep 1905, died 16 Dec 1991)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tucupita

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 Espinosa, Diocese of León, Spain
Ordained Bishop Pro-Cathedral, Tucupita, Vicariate Apostolic of Tucupita

a priest for 61.5 years
a bishop for 35.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Raffaele Forni †
Titular Archbishop of Aegina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Constantino Gómez Villa, O.F.M. Cap. †
Titular Bishop of Cucusus
Bishop Miguel Saturnino Aurrecoechea Palacios, O.F.M. Cap. †
Titular Bishop of Doliche

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Raffaele Forni † (1953)
Titular Archbishop of Aegina
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) 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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64761187

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 129
ob/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1956, Number 64

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