Archbishop José Luis Azuaje Ayala

Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Dec 1957		Born
5 May 1984	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Trujillo, Venezuela
18 Mar 1999	41.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela
18 Mar 1999	41.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Italica
29 May 1999	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Italica
15 Jul 2006	48.6	Appointed	Bishop of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia, Venezuela
23 Sep 2006	48.7	Installed	Bishop of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia, Venezuela
30 Aug 2013	55.7	Appointed	Bishop of Barinas, Venezuela
24 May 2018	60.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela

MicroData Summary
José Luis Azuaje Ayala
Archbishop José Luis Azuaje Ayala
(born 6 Dec 1957)
Archbishop of Maracaibo

Ad Limina - June 2009: Bishop
Ad Limina - September 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Valera, Diocese of Trujillo
Ordained Bishop San Juan Bautista, Church, Valera, Diocese of Trujillo

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Maracaibo.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña †
Bishop of Trujillo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela †
Archbishop of Barquisimeto
Archbishop Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo
Archbishop of Mérida

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña † (1974)
Bishop of Trujillo
Archbishop Antonio del Giudice † (1962)
Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Victor Hugo Basabe (2016)
Archbishop Polito Rodríguez Méndez (2016)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Alfredo Enrique Torres Rondón (2013)
Bishop Juan de Dios Peña Rojas (2015)
Bishop Benito Adán Méndez Bracamonte (2015)
Bishop Carlos Alfredo Cabezas Mendoza (2016)
Bishop Luis Enrique Rojas Ruiz (2017)
Bishop Owaldo Enrique Araque Valero (Valerio) (2023)
Bishop Rubén Gregorio Delgado Carmona (2025)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1148823

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 15 Jul 2006
i: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 155, Number 13,564
ab: Bollettino, 30 Aug 2013
ab: Bollettino, 24 May 2018

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