Bishop Raymundo Joseph Peña †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Brownsville, Texas, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Feb 1934		Born
25 May 1957	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
16 Oct 1976	42.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
16 Oct 1976	42.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Trisipa
13 Dec 1976	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Trisipa
24 Apr 1980	46.1	Appointed	Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA
18 Jun 1980	46.3	Installed	Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA
23 May 1995	61.2	Appointed	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
6 Aug 1995	61.4	Installed	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
9 Dec 2009	75.8	Retired	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA
24 Sep 2021	87.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Brownsville, Texas, USA

MicroData Summary for Raymundo Joseph Peña
(VIAF: 63290815; WikiData: Q1610077)
Bishop Raymundo Joseph Peña (born 19 Feb 1934, died 24 Sep 2021) Bishop Emeritus of Brownsville

Ad Limina - May 2004: Bishop
Ad Limina - March 2012: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Corpus Christi, Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas
Ordained Priest Corpus Christi, Cathedral, Corpus Christi, Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas
Ordained Bishop Convention Center Arena, San Antonio, Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas
Death Place San Juan Nursing Home, San Juan, Diocese of Brownsville, Texas

a priest for 64.3 years
a bishop for 44.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Mariano Simon Garriga †
Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francis James Furey †
Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Patrick Fernández Flores †
Titular Bishop of Italica
Bishop Thomas Joseph Drury †
Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francis James Furey † (1960)
Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas
Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi † (1949)
Titular Archbishop of Myra
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:
Bishop Mario Alberto Avilés Campos, C.O. (2018)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Corpus Christi, Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas
Ordained Priest	Corpus Christi, Cathedral, Corpus Christi, Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas
Ordained Bishop	Convention Center Arena, San Antonio, Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas
Death Place	San Juan Nursing Home, San Juan, Diocese of Brownsville, Texas

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 9 Dec 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 39, Number 2,441
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 2021, Page 116
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Necrology (back)

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