Bishop José Léon Rojas Chaparro †

Deceased

Bishop of Trujillo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Jul 1917		Born	Gueniquea
4 Apr 1942	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
24 Aug 1961	44.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela
24 Aug 1961	44.1	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	64.9	Died	Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela

a priest for 40.2 years
a bishop for 20.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
José Humberto Cardinal Quintero Parra †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Críspulo Benítez Fontúrvel †
Bishop Alejandro Fernández Feo-Tinoco †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop José Léon Rojas Chaparro † (1961)
José Humberto Cardinal Quintero Parra † (1953)
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Rosalio José Cardinal Castillo Lara, S.D.B. †
Bishop Antonio Arellano Durán †

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