Bishop José Léon Rojas Chaparro †

Deceased

Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Jul 1917		Born
4 Apr 1942	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
24 Aug 1961	44.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela
24 Aug 1961	44.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Capitolias
1 Oct 1961	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Capitolias
13 Dec 1961	44.4	Succeeded	Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela
11 Jun 1982	64.8	Died	Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela

MicroData Summary for José Léon Rojas Chaparro
(WikiData: Q11867109)
Bishop José Léon Rojas Chaparro (born 18 Jul 1917, died 11 Jun 1982) Bishop of Trujillo

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Queniquea, Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Trujillo, Diocese of Trujillo

a priest for 40.1 years
a bishop for 20.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
José Humberto Cardinal Quintero Parra †
Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Críspulo Benítez Fontúrvel †
Bishop of Barquisimeto
Bishop Alejandro Fernández Feo-Tinoco †
Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

José Humberto Cardinal Quintero Parra † (1953)
Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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:
Bishop José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria (1982)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Rosalio José Cardinal Castillo Lara, S.D.B. † (1973)
Bishop Antonio Arellano Durán † (1980)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Queniquea, Diocese of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Trujillo, Diocese of Trujillo

Source(s):

c2+: CB
bp/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141, Additions/Corrections (front)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1961, Number 123

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