Bishop Rafael González Moralejo †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 May 1918		Born
29 Jun 1945	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
25 Feb 1958	39.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
25 Feb 1958	39.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Dardanus
4 May 1958	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Dardanus
28 Nov 1969	51.5	Appointed	Bishop of Huelva, Spain
27 Oct 1993	75.4	Retired	Bishop of Huelva, Spain
29 May 2004	86.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Huelva, Spain

MicroData Summary
Rafael González Moralejo
Bishop Rafael González Moralejo
(born 19 May 1918, died 29 May 2004)
Bishop Emeritus of Huelva

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 Valencia, Archdiocese of Valencia
Ordained Bishop Santa María, Cathedral Basilica, Valencia, Archdiocese of Valencia
Death Place Huelva, Diocese of Huelva

a priest for 58.9 years
a bishop for 46.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti †
Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Marcelino Olaechea Loizaga, S.D.B. †
Archbishop of Valencia
Archbishop Casimiro Morcillo González †
Archbishop of Zaragoza

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti † (1936)
Titular Archbishop of Synnada in Phrygia
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:
Bishop Francisco Planas Muntaner † (1960)
Bishop Vincente Puchol Montis † (1965)
Ricardo María Cardinal Carles Gordó † (1969)
Bishop José Vilaplana Blasco (1984)
Archbishop Santiago García Aracil † (1984)
Bishop Rosendo Álvarez Gastón † (1985)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 86766545
WikiData: Q13565038

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 177, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1958, Number 32

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