Archbishop Alejandro Mestre Descals, S.J. †

Deceased

Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Sucre, Bolivia

Titular Archbishop of Tigisi in Mauretania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Dec 1912		Born
30 Jul 1943	30.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
6 Mar 1976	63.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre, Bolivia
6 Mar 1976	63.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania
1 May 1976	63.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania
28 Jun 1982	69.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia
28 Jun 1982	69.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Tigisi in Mauretania
24 Feb 1987	74.1	Retired	Coadjutor Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia
26 Jun 1988	75.5	Died	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia

MicroData Summary for Alejandro Mestre Descals
(WikiData: Q24326874)
Archbishop Alejandro Mestre Descals S.J. (born 12 Dec 1912, died 26 Jun 1988) Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Sucre

Event Place
Birth Place Cuart de Poblet, Spain
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Sucre, Archdiocese of Sucre

a priest for 44.9 years
a bishop for 12.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
José Clemente Cardinal Maurer, C.SS.R. †
Archbishop of Sucre
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giuseppe Laigueglia †
Titular Archbishop of Aeliae
Bishop René Fernández Apaza †
Bishop of Oruro

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

José Clemente Cardinal Maurer, C.SS.R. † (1950)
Archbishop of Sucre
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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	Cuart de Poblet, Spain
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Sucre, Archdiocese of Sucre

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 122
ob/c23: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 36, Number 2,198
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 38, Number 2,376
ob/c4: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 89, Additions/Corrections (front)

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