Gregorio Cardinal Rosa Chávez

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Salvador, El Salvador

Cardinal-Priest of Santissimo Sacramento a Tor de’ Schiavi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Sep 1942		Born
24 Jan 1970	27.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Miguel, El Salvador
17 Feb 1982	39.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
17 Feb 1982	39.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mulli
3 Jul 1982	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mulli
28 Jun 2017	74.8	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Jun 2017	74.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santissimo Sacramento a Tor de’ Schiavi
2 Jul 2017	74.8	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santissimo Sacramento a Tor de’ Schiavi
4 Oct 2022	80.0	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador

MicroData Summary for Gregorio Rosa Chávez
(VIAF: 193468779; WikiData: Q1545283)
Gregorio Cardinal Rosa Chávez (born 3 Sep 1942) Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Salvador

Event Place
Birth Place Sociedad, Archdiocese of San Salvador
Ordained Priest Cathedral, San Miguel, Diocese of San Miguel
Ordained Bishop María Auxiliadora, Church, San Salvador, Archdiocese of San Salvador

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Ordained Priest by:
Bishop José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M. †
Bishop of San Miguel
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Lajos Kada †
Titular Archbishop of Thibica
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M. †
Bishop of San Miguel
Bishop Arturo Rivera Damas, S.D.B. †
Bishop of Santiago de María

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Lajos Kada † (1975)
Titular Archbishop of Thibica
Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot † (1954)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Maurice Cardinal Feltin † (1928)
Archbishop of Paris
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Binet † (1920)
Archbishop of Besançon
Louis-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Luçon † (1888)
Archbishop of Reims
Bishop Charles-Emile Freppel † (1870)
Bishop of Angers
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Archbishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop of Rouen
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Óscar Álvarez Orellana (2024)
Bishop Reinaldo Sorto Martínez (2024)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Sociedad, Archdiocese of San Salvador
Ordained Priest	Cathedral, San Miguel, Diocese of San Miguel
Ordained Bishop	María Auxiliadora, Church, San Salvador, Archdiocese of San Salvador

Source(s):

card: CB, 21 May 2017
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
ab: Bollettino, 28 Jun 2017
i: Bollettino, 30 Jun 2017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 76, Number 6,137
r: Bollettino, 4 Oct 2022

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