Cristóbal Cardinal López Romero, S.D.B.

Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco

Cardinal-Priest of San Leone I

Motto: Adveniat Regnum Tuum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 May 1952		Born
1964²	11.6	Entered	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
16 Aug 1968	16.2	First Vows	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
2 Aug 1974	22.2	Solemn Vows	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
19 May 1979	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
29 Dec 2017	65.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco
10 Mar 2018	65.8	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco
24 May 2019	67.0	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Tanger, Morocco
5 Oct 2019	67.3	Elevated to Cardinal
5 Oct 2019	67.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Leone I
16 Feb 2020	67.7	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Leone I
25 Feb 2022	69.7	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Tanger, Morocco

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Cristóbal López Romero
Cristóbal Cardinal López Romero S.D.B.
(born 19 May 1952)
Archbishop of Rabat

Consistory - 2019: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Vélez-Rubio, Diocese of Almería, Spain
Ordained Priest Barcelona, Archdiocese of Barcelona, Spain
Ordained Bishop Saint Pierre, Cathedral, Rabat, Archdiocese of Rabat

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Rabat.

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

Ordained Priest by:
Narciso Cardinal Jubany Arnau †
Archbishop of Barcelona
Principal Consecrator:
Juan José Cardinal Omella Omella
Archbishop of Barcelona
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Carlos Cardinal Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M. †
Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}
Archbishop Vito Rallo
Titular Archbishop of Alba

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Juan José Cardinal Omella Omella (1996)
Archbishop of Barcelona
Archbishop Elías Yanes Alvarez † (1970)
Archbishop of Zaragoza
Archbishop Gabino Díaz Merchán † (1965)
Archbishop of Oviedo
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Nicolas Pierre Jean Lhernould (2020)
Archbishop Emilio Rocha Grande, O.F.M. (2023)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Ángel Cardinal Fernández Artime, S.D.B. (2024)
Archbishop Giordano Piccinotti, S.D.B. (2024)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q47001633

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 29 Dec 2017
ob/c2: CB, 4 Jan 2018
c34: CB, 27 Feb 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 235, Number 19,687
aadm: CB, 24 May 2019
card: Bollettino, 1 Sep 2019
cpri: Bollettino, 5 Oct 2019
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 5 Oct 2019
i: Bollettino, 10 Feb 2020

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