Archbishop Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M.

Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

from the Diocese of Cuernavaca Web Site

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Jun 1950		Born	Elizabeth, NJ, USA
12 Sep 1970	20.3	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor
8 May 1977	26.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
19 Jul 1988	38.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
19 Jul 1988	38.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ursona
3 Oct 1988	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ursona
16 May 1995	45.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
26 Jun 1995	45.1	Installed	Coadjutor Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
1 Apr 1997	46.8	Succeeded	Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
26 Mar 1999	48.8	Appointed	Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
8 May 1999	48.9	Installed	Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bernard Francis Cardinal Law
Principal Co-Consecrators:
John Joseph Cardinal O’Connor †
Luis Cardinal Aponte Martínez

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M. (1988)
Bernard Francis Cardinal Law (1973)
Bishop Joseph Bernard Brunini † (1957)
Bishop Richard Oliver Gerow † (1924)
Bishop Edward Patrick Allen † (1897)
James Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Daniel Fernández Torres
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ruben Antonio González Medina, C.M.F.

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