Bishop Eugenio Andrés Lira Rugarcía

Bishop of Matamoros-Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México

Motto: Jesús, En Ti Confío

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Jul 1965		Born
22 Feb 1991	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri
Feb 1998	32.5	Incardinated	Priest of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
24 Feb 2011	45.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
24 Feb 2011	45.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Buxentum
12 Apr 2011	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Buxentum
22 Sep 2016	51.1	Appointed	Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, México

MicroData Summary
Eugenio Andrés Lira Rugarcía
Bishop Eugenio Andrés Lira Rugarcía
(born 24 Jul 1965)
Bishop of Matamoros-Reynosa

Ad Limina - May 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Puebla, Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles
Ordained Bishop Centro Expositor y de Convenciones, Puebla, Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Matamoros-Reynosa.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Rosendo Huesca Pacheco †
Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa
Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Norberto Cardinal Rivera Carrera
Archbishop of México, Federal District
Archbishop Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre
Titular Archbishop of Gunela
Archbishop Rosendo Huesca Pacheco †
Archbishop Emeritus of Puebla de los Ángeles
Archbishop Carlos Aguiar Retes
Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa (2004)
Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles
Norberto Cardinal Rivera Carrera (1985)
Archbishop of México, Federal District
Archbishop Antonio López Aviña † (1955)
Archbishop of Durango
Archbishop José María González y Valencia † (1922)
Archbishop of Durango
Archbishop José Othón Núñez y Zárate † (1909)
Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca
Archbishop Eulogio Gregorio Clemente Gillow y Zavalza † (1887)
Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca
Archbishop Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos † (1855)
Archbishop of México, Federal District
Bishop Clemente de Jesús Munguía y Núñez † (1852)
Bishop of Michoacán
Bishop Joaquín Fernández 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-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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Tomás López Durán (2014)
Bishop Rutilo Felipe Pozos Lorenzini (2014)
Bishop Mario Alberto Avilés Campos, C.O. (2018)
Bishop Margarito Salazar Cárdenas (2018)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1373279

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 24 Feb 2011
ob/c2+: CB, 12 Apr 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 206, Number 17,036
ab: Bollettino, 22 Sep 2016

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