Antonio María Cardinal Rouco Varela

Archbishop of Madrid

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Aug 1936		Born	Villalba
28 Mar 1959	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salamanca, Spain
17 Sep 1976	40.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
17 Sep 1976	40.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gergis
31 Oct 1976	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gergis
9 May 1984	47.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
28 Jul 1994	57.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Madrid, Spain
21 Feb 1998	61.5	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Feb 1998	61.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso

Consistory - 1998: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated

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a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Principal Consecrator:
Angel Cardinal Suquía Goicoechea †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Maximino Romero de Lema †
Archbishop Oskar Saier †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Antonio María Cardinal Rouco Varela (1976)
Angel Cardinal Suquía Goicoechea † (1966)
Antonio Cardinal Riberi † (1934)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Ricardo Blázquez Pérez
Archbishop Julián Barrio Barrio
Bishop Fidel Herráez Vegas
Bishop César Augusto Franco Martínez
Bishop Eugenio Romero Pose †
Bishop Jesús Sanz Montes, O.F.M.
Bishop Gregorio Martínez Sacristán
Bishop Juan Antonio Martínez Camino, S.J.
Bishop Alfonso Carrasco Rouco
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jesús García Burillo
Bishop Luis Quinteiro Fiuza
Bishop Casimiro López Llorente
Bishop Joaquin Maria López de Andújar y Cánovas del Castillo
Bishop José Manuel Lorca Planes
Bishop Vicente Jiménez Zamora
Bishop Demetrio Fernández González
Bishop Manuel Sánchez Monge
Bishop Rafael Zornoza Boy

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