Bishop Antonio Racelis Rañola

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cebu, Philippines

Titular Bishop of Claternae

Motto: Aperi Eis Spiritus Christi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 May 1932		Born
26 Mar 1956	23.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lucena, Philippines
24 Feb 1990	57.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines
24 Feb 1990	57.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Claternae
4 Apr 1990	57.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Claternae
25 Jun 2002	70.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Gumaca, Philippines
14 Jul 2003	71.1	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Gumaca, Philippines
2 Oct 2003	71.3	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Cebu, Philippines

MicroData Summary
Antonio Racelis Rañola
Bishop Antonio Racelis Rañola
(born 16 May 1932)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cebu

Ad Limina - February 2011: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Manila, Archdiocese of Manila
Ordained Bishop San Fernando, Cathedral, Lucena, Diocese of Lucena

Please contact the Bishop through the Archdiocese of Cebu.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bruno Torpigliani †
Titular Archbishop of Malliana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ruben Tolentino Profugo †
Bishop of Lucena
Bishop Angel Nacorda Lagdameo †
Bishop of Dumaguete

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bruno Torpigliani † (1964)
Titular Archbishop of Malliana
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q604522

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 121, Number 10,867

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