Bishop José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guatemala

Titular Bishop of Teglata in Proconsulari

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Oct 1929		Born
7 Nov 1954	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Guatemala
28 Nov 1967	38.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
28 Nov 1967	38.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Teglata in Proconsulari
6 Jan 1968	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Teglata in Proconsulari
1982²	52.2	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Escuintla, Guatemala
3 Mar 1984	54.3	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Escuintla, Guatemala
10 May 1986	56.5	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Escuintla, Guatemala
2 Oct 2010	80.9	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
14 Mar 2022	92.4	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guatemala

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa
Bishop José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa
(born 10 Oct 1929, died 14 Mar 2022)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guatemala

Ad Limina - March 2008: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Antigua Guatemala, Archdiocese of Guatemala
Ordained Bishop Santiago, Cathedral, Guatemala, Archdiocese of Guatemala
Death Place Antigua Guatemala, Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala

a priest for 67.3 years
a bishop for 54.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Mariano Rossell y Arellano †
Archbishop of Guatemala
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bruno Torpigliani †
Titular Archbishop of Malliana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Mario Casariego y Acevedo, C.R.S. †
Archbishop of Guatemala
Bishop Rafael González Estrada †
Titular Bishop of Matrega

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bruno Torpigliani † (1964)
Titular Archbishop of Malliana
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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:
Archbishop Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras † (1971)
Rodolfo Cardinal Quezada Toruño † (1972)
Bishop Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti † (1983)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1457781

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 2 Oct 2010
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 4, Number 172
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 294
d: CB, 14 Mar 2022

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