Bishop Rafael Palmero Ramos

Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Jul 1936		Born	Morales del Rey
13 Sep 1959	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
24 Nov 1987	51.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
24 Nov 1987	51.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Petina
24 Jan 1988	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Petina
9 Jan 1996	59.5	Appointed	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
26 Nov 2005	69.3	Appointed	Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
27 Jul 2012	76.0	Retired	Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Marcelo Cardinal González Martín †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Antonio Briva Mirabent †
Bishop Rafael Torija de la Fuente

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Rafael Palmero Ramos (1988)
Marcelo Cardinal González Martín † (1961)
Ildebrando Cardinal Antoniutti † (1936)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop José Ignacio Munilla Aguirre
Bishop Gerardo Melgar Viciosa

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 26 Nov 2005
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 108, Number 9,524
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 176, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 27 Jul 2012

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