Archbishop Silvestre Guevara y Lira †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

Titular Archbishop of Amasea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1814¹		Born
1835¹	21.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
27 Sep 1852	38.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
6 Feb 1853	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
6 Jul 1876	62.5	Resigned	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
9 Jan 1877	63.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Amasea
20 Feb 1882	68.1	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Silvestre Guevara y Lira
(VIAF: 305159474307727662279; WikiData: Q18419616)
Archbishop Silvestre Guevara y Lira (born 1814, died 20 Feb 1882) Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Chamariapa, Spain
Ordained Bishop St. Hyacinthe, Caracas, Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

a priest for 47.1 years
a bishop for 29.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Mariano Fernández Fortique †
Bishop of Guayana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Mariano Talavera y Garcés †
Titular Bishop of Tricca
Bishop Juan Hilario Bosset (Boset) †
Bishop of Mérida

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Mariano Fernández Fortique † (1842)
Bishop of Guayana
Archbishop Juan Antonio Ignacio Fernández Peña y Angulo † (1842)
Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Bishop José Jorge de Torres y Estans † (1837)
Bishop of Nueva Pamplona
Archbishop Manuel José Mosquera y Arboleda † (1835)
Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Bishop Salvador Jiménez y Padilla † (1816)
Bishop of Popayán
Bishop Andrés Esteban y Gómez † (1815)
Bishop of Ceuta
Bishop Atanasio Puyal y Poveda † (1790)
Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada
Francisco Antonio Cardinal de Lorenzana y Butrón † (1765)
Archbishop of Toledo
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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Juan Bautista Castro † (1870)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop José Manuel Arroyo y Niño † (1856)
Bishop Victor José Díez Navarrete † (1868)
Bishop William Dominic O’Carroll, O.P. † (1874)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Chamariapa, Spain
Ordained Bishop	St. Hyacinthe, Caracas, Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

Source(s):

b/c2+: CB
bp/bd/op/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141, Additions/Corrections (front)
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 92, and Page 315
b/c2+: Episcopologio Español, Volume 1,700, Page 162, Number 889
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1853, Number 8

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