Archbishop José Méndez Asensio †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Mar 1921		Born
13 Apr 1946	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
22 Jul 1968	47.3	Appointed	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
3 Sep 1968	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
3 Dec 1971	50.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Pamplona (-Tudela), Spain
31 Jan 1978	56.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
10 Dec 1996	75.7	Retired	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
15 Apr 2006	85.0	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain

MicroData Summary for José Méndez Asensio
(VIAF: 168953503; WikiData: Q5944233)
Archbishop José Méndez Asensio (born 21 Mar 1921, died 15 Apr 2006) Archbishop Emeritus of Granada

Event Place
Birth Place Vélez Rubio
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Tarazona, Diocese of Tarazona

a priest for 60.0 years
a bishop for 37.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Luigi Dadaglio †
Titular Archbishop of Lerus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ángel Suquía Goicoechea †
Bishop of Almería
Bishop Miguel Roca Cabanellas †
Titular Bishop of Tigimma

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Luigi Dadaglio † (1961)
Titular Archbishop of Lerus
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Francisco Cardinal Alvarez Martínez † (1973)
Bishop Juan García-Santacruz Ortiz † (1992)

Source(s):

d: CB
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 123
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 187, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 1, Number 8
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 301

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