Bishop Antonio Vilaplana Molina †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Feb 1926		Born
18 Dec 1949	23.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
17 Sep 1976	50.5	Appointed	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
31 Oct 1976	50.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
9 Feb 1987	60.9	Appointed	Bishop of León, Spain
15 Mar 1987	61.0	Installed	Bishop of León, Spain
19 Mar 2002	76.0	Retired	Bishop of León, Spain
14 Jan 2010	83.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of León, Spain

MicroData Summary for Antonio Vilaplana Molina
(VIAF: 2247563; WikiData: Q605659)
Bishop Antonio Vilaplana Molina (born 28 Feb 1926, died 14 Jan 2010) Bishop Emeritus of León

Ad Limina - January 2005: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Alcoy
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Plasencia, Diocese of Plasencia

a priest for 60.0 years
a bishop for 33.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop José María García Lahiguera †
Archbishop of Valencia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Manuel Llopis Ivorra †
Bishop of Coria-Cáceres
Bishop Doroteo Fernández y Fernández †
Bishop of Badajoz

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop José María García Lahiguera † (1950)
Archbishop of Valencia
Patriarch Leopoldo Eijo y Garay † (1914)
Patriarch of West Indies
José María Cardinal Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia † (1875)
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
Juan de la Cruz Ignacio Cardinal Moreno y Maisanove † (1857)
Archbishop of Toledo
Archbishop Cirilo de Alameda y Brea, O.F.M. Obs. † (1832)
Archbishop of Toledo
Francisco Javier Cardinal de Cienfuegos y Jovellanos † (1819)
Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}
Archbishop Romualdo Antonio Mon y Velarde † (1804)
Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}
Bishop Agustín Ayestarán y Landa † (1772)
Bishop of Córdoba
Francisco Cardinal de Solís Folch de Cardona † (1749)
Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Rafael Sanus Abad † (1989)
Archbishop Félix del Blanco Prieto † (1991)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Alcoy
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Plasencia, Diocese of Plasencia

Source(s):

d: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 38, Number 2,386

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