Bishop Pedro José Rivera Mejía †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Apr 1906		Born
24 Jun 1929	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
25 Jun 1951	45.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia
25 Jun 1951	45.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Edistiana
9 Sep 1951	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Edistiana
20 Feb 1953	46.8	Appointed	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
25 Oct 1975	69.4	Resigned	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
16 Jun 1987	81.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia

MicroData Summary
Pedro José Rivera Mejía
Bishop Pedro José Rivera Mejía
(born 27 Apr 1906, died 16 Jun 1987)
Bishop Emeritus of Socorro y San Gil

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Neira, Diocese of Manizales
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Manizales, Diocese of Manizales

a priest for 57.9 years
a bishop for 35.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Bernardo Botero Álvarez, C.M. †
Bishop of Santa Marta
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Baltasar Álvarez Restrepo †
Titular Bishop of Amyzon
Bishop Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. †
Titular Bishop of Marida

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Bernardo Botero Álvarez, C.M. † (1944)
Bishop of Santa Marta
Archbishop Carlo Serena † (1935)
Titular Archbishop of Myra
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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 Rubén Isaza Restrepo † (1953)
Archbishop José Joaquín Flórez Hernández † (1955)
José de Jesús Cardinal Pimiento Rodriguez † (1955)
Archbishop Héctor Rueda Hernández † (1960)
Bishop Ciro Alfonso Gómez Serrano † (1961)
Archbishop Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S. † (1974)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64733091

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1951, Number 86

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