Mosé Higuera

Mosé Higuera (20 December 1842 – 25 September 1915) was a Colombian prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of two dioceses, first for the Archdiocese of Bogotá from 1876 to 1884, and next for the Archdiocese of Medellín from 1884 until his death.

The Most Reverend

Mosé Higuera
Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseMedellín
Appointed4 March 1884
by Pope Leo XIII
Term ended25 September 1915
Orders
Ordinationc. 1869
Consecration19 May 1878
by Vicente Arbeláez Gómez
Personal details
Born20 December 1842
Tibasosa, Tunja, New Granada
Died25 September 1915(1915-09-25) (aged 72)
Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
Previous post(s)Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (1876–84)
Ordination history of
Mosé Higuera
History
Priestly ordination
Datec. 1869
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorVicente Arbeláez Gómez
Co-consecratorsBonifacio Antonio Toscano
Date19 May 1878
PlacePrimatial Cathedral of Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia

Biography

Higuera was born on 20 December 1842 in Tibasosa, Tunja Province, Republic of New Granada (today located in Boyacá Department, Colombia).[1][2] He was ordained a priest c. 1869.[1][2] On 7 April 1876, he was appointed Titular Bishop of Maximianopolis in Arabia and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada (today the Archdiocese of Bogotá).[1][2] His episcopal consecration was held on 19 May 1878 in the Primatial Cathedral in Bogotá, with Archbishop Vicente Arbeláez Gómez serving as principal consecrator, and Auxiliary Bishop Bonifacio Antonio Toscano serving as co-consecrator.[1][2]

On 4 March 1884, Higuera was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Medellín by Pope Leo XIII.[1][2] He served in that capacity until 25 September 1915, when he died in Medellín at the age of 72.[1][2]

During his time as bishop, Higuera was the co-consecrator of a number of bishops. They are listed as follows, with the year of consecration parenthesized: Severo Garcia (1882), Juan Nepomuceno Rueda Rueda (1882), Bernardo Herrera Restrepo (1885), José Benigo Perilla y Martínez (1887), Joaquín Pardo y Vergara (1892), Eduardo Maldonado Calvo (1905), Atanasio María Vicente Soler y Royo, OFMCap (1907), Manuel Antonio Arboleda y Scarpetta, CM (1907), and Francisco Cristóbal Toro (1911).[1]

Episcopal lineage

Higuera's episcopal lineage is as follows:[1]

References
  1. Cheney, David M. "Bishop Mosé Higuera [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  2. "Bishops who are not Ordinaries of Sees: HI – HQ". www.gcatholic.org. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
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