Miguel Cardinal García Cuesta †

Deceased

Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Oct 1803		Born
1 Mar 1828	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salamanca, Spain
14 Nov 1847	44.1	Selected	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
14 Apr 1848	44.5	Confirmed	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
16 Jul 1848	44.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
14 May 1851	47.6	Selected	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
5 Sep 1851	47.9	Confirmed	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
27 Sep 1861	57.9	Elevated to Cardinal
21 May 1862	58.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca
14 Apr 1873	69.5	Died	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

MicroData Summary for Miguel García Cuesta
(VIAF: 88961867; WikiData: Q778740)
Miguel Cardinal García Cuesta (born 6 Oct 1803, died 14 Apr 1873) Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela

Consistory - 1861: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Macotera, Diocese of Salamanca
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Valladolid, Diocese of Valladolid
Buried Place (Original) Crypt of the Archbishops, Cathedral, Santiago de Compostela, Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela

a priest for 45.1 years
a bishop for 24.7 years
a cardinal for 11.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Agustín Lorenzo Varela Temes †
Bishop of Salamanca
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Juan Antonio Rivadeneyra †
Bishop of Valladolid
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Carlos Laborda Clau †
Bishop of Palencia
Bishop Agustín Lorenzo Varela Temes †
Bishop of Salamanca

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Juan Antonio Rivadeneyra † (1831)
Bishop of Valladolid
Bishop Agustín Lorenzo Varela Temes † (1824)
Bishop of Salamanca
Bishop Hipólito Antonio Sánchez Rangel de Fayas, O.F.M. † (1807)
Bishop of Maynas
Bishop José Cuero y Caicedo † (1799)
Bishop of Quito
Bishop Ángel Velarde y Bustamante † (1789)
Bishop of Popayán
Bishop José Díaz de Lamadrid, O.F.M. Obs. †
Bishop of Cartagena

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop José Ávila Lamas † (1853)
Manuel Cardinal Garcia Gil, O.P. † (1854)
Archbishop Fernando Blanco y Lorenzo, O.P. † (1858)
Bishop José López y Crespo † (1860)
Bishop Juan Lozano Torreira † (1866)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Macotera, Diocese of Salamanca
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Valladolid, Diocese of Valladolid
Buried Place (Original)	Crypt of the Archbishops, Cathedral, Santiago de Compostela, Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela

Source(s):

ob/c2+: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 27 Sep 1861
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 219, and Page 312
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 52
b/c2+: Episcopologio Español, Volume 1,700, Page 156, Number 852
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1848, Number 39

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