Bishop Abilio Martínez Varea

Bishop of Ciudad Real, Spain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Jan 1964		Born
30 Sep 1989	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain
5 Jan 2017	52.9	Appointed	Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain
11 Mar 2017	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain
9 Jul 2025	61.4	Appointed	Bishop of Ciudad Real, Spain

MicroData Summary
Abilio Martínez Varea
Bishop Abilio Martínez Varea
(born 29 Jan 1964)
Bishop of Ciudad Real

Event Place
Birth Place Autol, Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Osma, Diocese of Osma-Soria

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Ciudad Real.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Fidel Herráez Vegas
Archbishop of Burgos
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Juan José Omella Omella
Archbishop of Barcelona
Bishop Carlos Manuel Escribano Subías
Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Fidel Herráez Vegas (1996)
Archbishop of Burgos
Archbishop Antonio María Rouco Varela (1976)
Archbishop of Madrid
Archbishop Ángel Suquía Goicoechea † (1966)
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
Archbishop Antonio Riberi † (1934)
Titular Archbishop of Dara
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q28125664

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 5 Jan 2017
ob: CB, 10 Jan 2017
c2+: CB, 11 Jan 2017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 231, Number 19,346
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 235, Additions/Corrections (front)
ab: Bollettino, 9 Jul 2025

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