Bishop Marco Antonio Merchán Ladino

Bishop of Neiva, Colombia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Apr 1970		Born
12 Dec 1995	25.6	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia
23 Nov 1996	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia
26 Oct 2016	46.4	Appointed	Bishop of Vélez, Colombia
3 Dec 2016	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Vélez, Colombia
17 Dec 2016	46.6	Installed	Bishop of Vélez, Colombia
14 Apr 2023	52.9	Appointed	Bishop of Neiva, Colombia

MicroData Summary for Marco Antonio Merchán Ladino
(VIAF: 311182063; WikiData: Q27565155)
Bishop Marco Antonio Merchán Ladino (born 28 Apr 1970) Bishop of Neiva

Event Place
Birth Place Monguí, Diocese of Duitama-Sogamoso
Ordained Bishop San Lorenzo Martir, Cathedral, Duitama, Diocese of Duitama-Sogamoso

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Neiva.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Carlos Prada Sanmiguel †
Bishop of Duitama-Sogamoso
Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Paolo Romeo
Titular Archbishop of Vulturia
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Ettore Balestrero
Titular Archbishop of Victoriana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Misael Vacca Ramirez
Bishop of Duitama-Sogamoso
Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C. †
Archbishop of Tunja
Archbishop Ismael Rueda Sierra
Archbishop of Bucaramanga

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Ettore Balestrero (2013)
Titular Archbishop of Victoriana
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. (1991)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Archbishop Albino Mensa † (1960)
Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli
Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi † (1930)
Bishop of Pinerolo
Bishop Giuseppe Castelli † (1911)
Bishop of Novara
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Monguí, Diocese of Duitama-Sogamoso
Ordained Bishop	San Lorenzo Martir, Cathedral, Duitama, Diocese of Duitama-Sogamoso

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 26 Oct 2016
ob: CB, 26 Oct 2016
c2: CB, 29 Nov 2016
c3+: CB, 3 Dec 2016
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 230, Number 19,218
ab: Bollettino, 14 Apr 2023

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