Adalberto Almeida y Merino
Adalberto Almeida y Merino (born June 5, 1916 in Bachín near Chihuahua , State of Chihuahua , Mexico , † June 21, 2008 in Chihuahua) was Roman Catholic Archbishop of Chihuahua .
Life
Adalberto Almeida y Merino studied at the seminaries of Chihuahua, Durango, San Luis Potosi and Veracruz, and at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome philosophy , Catholic theology and canon law . He was ordained a priest on April 24, 1943 in the Church of Il Gesù in Rome by the later Cardinal Vicar Luigi Traglia . From 1946 he was a regens of the seminary in Chihuahua. He was appointed chaplain to His Holiness ( Monsignor ).
On May 28, 1956 he was by Pope Pius XII. appointed Bishop of Tulancingo in the Mexican state of Hidalgo . The Archbishop of Chihuahua , Antonio Guízar y Valencia , ordained him episcopal on August 15th of the same year. Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Toluca , Arturo Vélez Martínez , and Auxiliary Bishop José Villalón Mercado from the Archdiocese of Mexico .
Pope John XXIII appointed him on April 14, 1962 Bishop of Zacatecas . As a council father, he took part in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council .
On August 24, 1969, he was appointed Archbishop of Chihuahua by Pope Paul VI. The inauguration took place on September 8th of the same year.
On June 24, 1991 , John Paul II granted his age-related resignation .
Web links
- Entry on Adalberto Almeida y Merino on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Muere en hospital Arzobispo Adalberto Almeida y Merino (Spanish)
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Antonio Guízar y Valencia |
Archbishop of Chihuahua 1969–1991 |
José Fernández Arteaga |
Antonio López Aviña |
Bishop of Zacatecas 1962–1969 |
José Pablo Rovalo Azcué |
Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez |
Bishop of Tulancingo 1956–1962 |
José Esaul Robles Jiménez |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Almeida y Merino, Adalberto |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican Roman Catholic Bishop |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1916 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bachín near Chihuahua , Mexico |
DATE OF DEATH | June 21, 2008 |
Place of death | Chihuahua , Mexico |