Bishop Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez

Bishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Dec 1949		Born
3 Jul 1976	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Valencia, Spain
25 Mar 1996	46.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
25 Mar 1996	46.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Urusi
11 May 1996	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Urusi
27 Apr 1999	49.3	Appointed	Bishop of Alcalá de Henares, Spain
10 Oct 2008	58.8	Appointed	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
13 Dec 2008	58.9	Installed	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
27 Jun 2025	75.5	Retired	Bishop of Málaga, Spain

MicroData Summary
Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez
Bishop Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez
(born 22 Dec 1949)
Bishop Emeritus of Málaga

Ad Limina - January 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - March 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Villamarchante, Archdiocese of Valencia
Ordained Bishop Cathedral Basilica, Valencia, Archdiocese of Valencia

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Málaga.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Agustín García-Gasco y Vicente †
Archbishop of Valencia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Ricardo María Cardinal Carles Gordó †
Archbishop of Barcelona
Archbishop Lajos Kada †
Titular Archbishop of Thibica

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Agustín García-Gasco y Vicente † (1985)
Archbishop of Valencia
Archbishop Ángel Suquía Goicoechea † (1966)
Archbishop of Madrid
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Fortunato Cardinal Frezza (2022)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 159889557
WikiData: Q284315

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 10 Oct 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 146, Number 12,749
r: Bollettino, 27 Jun 2025

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