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Archbishop Gabino Díaz Merchán

Archbishop Emeritus of Oviedo

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Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Oviedo. a priest for years a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Antonio Riberi † Titular Archbishop of Dara Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Felix Romero Menjibar † Bishop of Jaén Bishop Anastasio Granados García † Titular Bishop of Cidramus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: 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 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 † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of: Archbishop Elías Yanes Alvarez (1970) Bishop José Sánchez González (1980) Bishop Atilano Rodríguez Martínez (1996) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Rafael Torija de la Fuente (1969) Archbishop Teodoro Cardenal Fernández † (1970) Bishop Antonio Dorado Soto (1970) Bishop Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta † (1971) Bishop Ignacio Noguer Carmona (1976) Archbishop Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F. (1979) Archbishop Pablo Puente Buces (1980) Bishop Ramón Búa Otero † (1982) Archbishop José Antonio Peteiro Freire, O.F.M. † (1983) Archbishop Santiago García Aracil (1984) Bishop José Vilaplana Blasco (1984) Bishop Rosendo Alvarez Gastón (1985) Santos Cardinal Abril y Castelló (1985) Bishop Camilo Lorenzo Iglesias (1995) Bishop Cecilio Raúl Berzosa Martínez (2005) Bishop Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández (2013)