Bishop Gilbert Espinosa Chávez †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Diego, California, USA

Titular Bishop of Magarmel

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 May 1932		Born
19 Mar 1960	27.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Diego, California, USA
9 Apr 1974	41.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
9 Apr 1974	41.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Magarmel
21 Jun 1974	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Magarmel
1 Jun 2007	75.0	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
15 Mar 2020	87.8	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Diego, California, USA

MicroData Summary
Gilbert Espinosa Chávez
Bishop Gilbert Espinosa Chávez
(born 9 May 1932, died 15 Mar 2020)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Diego

Event Place
Birth Place Ontario, Diocese of San Diego, California
Ordained Priest San Diego, Diocese of San Diego, California
Ordained Bishop Golden Hall, San Diego, Diocese of San Diego, California
Death Place Nazareth House, San Diego, Diocese of San Diego, California
Buried Place (Original) Holy Cross Catholic, Cemetery, Pomona, Diocese of San Diego, California

a priest for 59.9 years
a bishop for 45.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Charles Francis Buddy †
Bishop of San Diego, California
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Leo Thomas Maher †
Bishop of San Diego, California
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop John Raphael Quinn †
Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Bishop Patrick Fernández Flores †
Titular Bishop of Italica

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Leo Thomas Maher † (1962)
Bishop of San Diego, California
Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi † (1949)
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Salvatore Joseph Cordileone (2002)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ontario, Diocese of San Diego, California
Ordained Priest	San Diego, Diocese of San Diego, California
Ordained Bishop	Golden Hall, San Diego, Diocese of San Diego, California
Death Place	Nazareth House, San Diego, Diocese of San Diego, California
Buried Place (Original)	Holy Cross Catholic, Cemetery, Pomona, Diocese of San Diego, California

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 208128568
WikiData: Q1523963

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 1 Jun 2007
d: CB, 16 Mar 2020
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 32, Number 1,817
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 35, Number 2,117
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 246, Necrology (back)
c1: CB, 20 May 2022

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