Emilio Lissón was an Archbishop

Archbishop

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 of Lima

Lima

Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...

, Peru

Peru

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Early years

Lissón was born in the city of Arequipa

Arequipa

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 to a catholic family. He entered into the Congregation of Saint Vincent de Paul

Vincent de Paul

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 and was ordained as a priest

Priest

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 in Paris

Paris

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 in 1909.

Bishopric

In 1909, he was nominated as Archbishop of Chachapoyas

Chachapoyas

Chachapoyas may refer to:* Chachapoyas culture, existed until the 15th century in the highlands in northern Peru* Chachapoyas city, the capital of the province with the same name and the Amazonas Region* Chachapoyas Province, Amazonas Region, Peru...

, a charge that he exercised until 1918, the year in which he assumed the charge of Archbishop of Lima and Primate of Peru. In 1911 he visited the General Curia of the Pasionistas in Rome to request help for the work in the diocese of Chachapoyas. As a result, six priests and six brothers were assigned to him in 1913, and worked there until 1918.

Episcopal Work

Lissón organized and presided at several episcopal assemblies, as well as at a Diocesan Synod

Synod

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 (1926) and a Provincial Council (1927). He promoted the creation of the Apostolic Prefecture of San Gabriel of the Cashew, with head office in Yurimaguas

Yurimaguas

Yurimaguas is a thriving port-town in the Loreto Region of northeastern Peruvian Amazonia. Historically associated with Maynas Pais de los Maynas, the culturally diverse town is affectionately known as the "Pearl of the Huallaga"...

 in charge of the Pasionistas.

His successor was Monsignor

Monsignor

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Mariano Holguín, as apostolic manager between 1931 and 1933, after which Monsignor Pedro Pascual Farfán assumed the Archbishop's charge of Lima.

Lissón then moved to Spain, devoting himself to compiling papers of the history of the Church in Peru and died there in 1961.