Bishop Guillermo Escobar Vélez †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Antioquía, Colombia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jan 1909		Born
1 Apr 1933	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Medellín, Colombia
7 Mar 1952	43.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia
7 Mar 1952	43.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Attuda
27 Apr 1952	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Attuda
1 Apr 1955	46.2	Appointed	Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia
28 Jul 1969	60.5	Resigned	Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia
28 Jul 1969	60.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Nicives
22 Jan 1971	62.0	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Nicives
30 Oct 1986	77.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Antioquía, Colombia

MicroData Summary
Guillermo Escobar Vélez
Bishop Guillermo Escobar Vélez
(born 1 Jan 1909, died 30 Oct 1986)
Bishop Emeritus of Antioquía

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 La Estrella, Archdiocese of Medellín
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Medellín, Archdiocese of Medellín
Death Place Medellín, Archdiocese of Medellín

a priest for 53.5 years
a bishop for 34.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio Samorè †
Titular Archbishop of Ternobus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Miguel Ángel Builes Gómez †
Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos
Bishop Buenaventura Jáuregui Prieto †
Titular Bishop of Arethusa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antonio Samorè † (1950)
Titular Archbishop of Ternobus
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	La Estrella, Archdiocese of Medellín
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Medellín, Archdiocese of Medellín
Death Place	Medellín, Archdiocese of Medellín

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64734759

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1952, Number 34
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 80, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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