Bishop José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain

Titular Bishop of Vergi

Motto: Sequere Me

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Aug 1975		Born
28 Nov 1999	24.3	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Madrid, Spain
18 Jun 2000	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Madrid, Spain
23 Apr 2024	48.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
23 Apr 2024	48.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vergi
6 Jul 2024	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Vergi
1 Oct 2025	50.1	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain

MicroData Summary
José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez
Bishop José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez
(born 3 Aug 1975, died 1 Oct 2025)
Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid

Event Place
Birth Place Madrid, Archdiocese of Madrid
Ordained Bishop Santa María la Real de la Almudena, Cathedral, Madrid, Archdiocese of Madrid
Death Place Bishop's Residence, Madrid, Archdiocese of Madrid

a priest for 25.2 years
a bishop for 1.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
José Cardinal Cobo Cano
Archbishop of Madrid
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M.
Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz
Bishop Jesús Vidal Chamorro
Titular Bishop of Elepla

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

José Cardinal Cobo Cano (2018)
Archbishop of Madrid
Carlos Cardinal Osoro Sierra (1997)
Archbishop of Madrid
Archbishop Lajos Kada † (1975)
Titular Archbishop of Thibica
Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot † (1954)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Maurice Cardinal Feltin † (1928)
Archbishop of Paris
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Binet † (1920)
Archbishop of Besançon
Louis-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Luçon † (1888)
Archbishop of Reims
Bishop Charles-Émile Freppel † (1870)
Bishop of Angers
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Archbishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop of Rouen
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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: Q125566262

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 23 Apr 2024
od/ob: CB, 23 Apr 2024
c2+: CB, 6 Jul 2024
d: CB, 1 Oct 2025

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