Bishop José Luis Retana Gozalo

Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain

Bishop of Salamanca

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Mar 1953		Born
29 Sep 1979	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ávila, Spain
9 Mar 2017	63.9	Appointed	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
24 Jun 2017	64.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
15 Nov 2021	68.6	Appointed	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
15 Nov 2021	68.6	Appointed	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
8 Jan 2022	68.8	Installed	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
9 Jan 2022	68.8	Installed	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain

MicroData Summary
José Luis Retana Gozalo
Bishop José Luis Retana Gozalo
(born 12 Mar 1953)
Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo

Event Place
Birth Place Pedro Bernardo, Diocese of Ávila
Ordained Priest Pedro Bernardo, Diocese of Ávila
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Plasencia, Diocese of Plasencia

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Ricardo Cardinal Blázquez Pérez
Archbishop of Valladolid
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Celso Morga Iruzubieta
Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz
Bishop Jesús García Burillo
Bishop of Ávila

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Ricardo Cardinal Blázquez Pérez (1988)
Archbishop of Valladolid
Archbishop Antonio María Rouco Varela (1976)
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
Archbishop Ángel Suquía Goicoechea † (1966)
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 70817404
WikiData: Q28919768

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 9 Mar 2017
ob: CB, 17 Mar 2017
c2: CB, 19 Mar 2017
c34: CB, 21 Jun 2017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 232, Number 19,450
ab: Bollettino, 15 Nov 2021
i: CB, 24 Nov 2021
i: CB, 25 Nov 2021

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