Bishop Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Rios

Bishop of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Dec 1954		Born	Asunción
12 Dec 1982	28.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Asunción, Paraguay
27 Nov 1993	39.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción, Paraguay
27 Nov 1993	39.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae
6 Jan 1994	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Casae Calanae
24 May 2003	48.4	Appointed	Bishop of Paraguay, Military
25 Jun 2010	55.5	Appointed	Bishop of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Paraguay
22 Aug 2010	55.7	Installed	Bishop of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Paraguay

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re
Archbishop Giuseppe (Josip) Uhac †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Rios (1994)
Pope Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
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 †

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 25 Jun 2010
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 136, Number 12,195
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 137

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