Bishop Nelson Antonio Martínez Rust †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Venezuela

Motto: Veritas Et Vita

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Jun 1944		Born
15 Dec 1968	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Valencia en Venezuela
8 Jan 1982	37.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia en Venezuela
8 Jan 1982	37.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bararus
25 Mar 1982	37.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bararus
29 Feb 1992	47.7	Appointed	Bishop of San Felipe, Venezuela
11 Mar 2016	71.7	Resigned	Bishop of San Felipe, Venezuela
3 May 2026	81.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Venezuela

MicroData Summary
Nelson Antonio Martínez Rust
Bishop Nelson Antonio Martínez Rust
(born 10 Jun 1944, died 3 May 2026)
Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe

Event Place
Birth Place Puerto Cabello, Diocese of Valencia en Venezuela
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Valencia, Archdiocese of Valencia en Venezuela
Death Place Valencia, Archdiocese of Valencia en Venezuela
Buried Place (Original) San José Chapel, Cathedral, Valencia, Archdiocese of Valencia en Venezuela

a priest for 57.3 years
a bishop for 44.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez †
Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop José Alí Lebrún Moratinos †
Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Bishop Feliciano González Ascanio †
Bishop of Maracay

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez † (1962)
Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela
José Humberto Cardinal Quintero Parra † (1953)
Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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:
Archbishop Reinaldo del Prette Lissot † (1994)
Archbishop Victor Hugo Basabe (2016)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1976926

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 11 Mar 2016
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 75, Number 6,029
d: CB, 3 May 2026
ln/bpd: CB, 6 May 2026

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