Bishop Juan Angel Belda Dardiñá

Bishop Emeritus of León

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Sep 1926		Born	Bilbao
29 Jun 1960	33.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
31 Jan 1978	51.4	Appointed	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
1 Apr 1978	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Jaca, Spain
13 Jun 1981	54.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Tarazona, Spain
21 Feb 1982	55.5	Resigned	Apostolic Administrator of Tarazona, Spain
28 Jul 1983	56.9	Appointed	Bishop of León, Spain
30 Aug 1983	57.0	Installed	Bishop of León, Spain
9 Feb 1987	60.4	Resigned	Bishop of León, Spain

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of León.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Luigi Cardinal Dadaglio †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Elías Yanes Alvarez
Archbishop José María Cirarda Lachiondo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Juan Angel Belda Dardiñá (1978)
Luigi Cardinal Dadaglio † (1961)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

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