Archbishop Bernardo de Jesús (Felipe) Arguinzoniz Astorbiza, O.C.D. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Verapoly, India

Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 May 1852		Born
10 Jun 1876	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites
14 Jan 1896	43.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Verapoly, India
14 Jan 1896	43.6	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Philippi
9 Aug 1896	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Philippi
19 Aug 1897	45.2	Succeeded	Archbishop of Verapoly, India
18 Dec 1918	66.5	Resigned	Archbishop of Verapoly, India
18 Dec 1918	66.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
5 May 1933	80.9	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Verapoly, India

MicroData Summary
Bernardo de Jesús (Felipe) Arguinzoniz Astorbiza
Archbishop Bernardo de Jesús (Felipe) Arguinzoniz Astorbiza O.C.D.
(born 24 May 1852, died 5 May 1933)
Archbishop Emeritus of Verapoly

Event Place
Birth Place Zornoza, Diocese of Vitoria, Spain
Ordained Bishop Saint Joseph, Church, Manjummel
Death Place Desierto de Las Palmas, Convent

a priest for 56.9 years
a bishop for 36.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Ferdinand Maria Ossi, O.C.D. †
Bishop of Quilon
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop João Gomes Ferreira †
Bishop of Cochin

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Ferdinand Maria Ossi, O.C.D. † (1883)
Bishop of Quilon
Domenico Cardinal Agostini † (1871)
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
Giuseppe Luigi Cardinal Trevisanato † (1853)
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
Fabio Maria Cardinal Asquini † (1837)
Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
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:
Archbishop Ángel María Pérez y Cecilia, O.C.D. † (1915)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Zornoza, Diocese of Vitoria, Spain
Ordained Bishop	Saint Joseph, Church, Manjummel
Death Place	Desierto de Las Palmas, Convent

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64734788

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1931
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 453
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1896, Number 44
b/c3/ln/loc: CB, 4 Nov 2025

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