Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru

Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts

Titular Bishop of Civitate

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Apr 1951		Born
23 Aug 1977	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Opus Dei
15 Feb 2007	55.8	Appointed	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
12 Apr 2008	57.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Civitate
1 May 2008	57.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Civitate
29 Jun 2026	75.2	Retired	Secretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts

MicroData Summary
Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru
Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru
(born 10 Apr 1951)
Secretary Emeritus of Legislative Texts

Event Place
Birth Place Vitoria, Diocese of Vitoria, Spain
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Please contact the Bishop through the Dicastery for Legislative Texts.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B.
Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Agostino Cardinal Vallini
Cardinal-Deacon of San Pier Damiani ai Monti di San Paolo
Archbishop Francesco Coccopalmerio
Titular Archbishop of Coeliana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. (1991)
Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}
Archbishop Albino Mensa † (1960)
Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli
Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi † (1930)
Bishop of Pinerolo
Bishop Giuseppe Castelli † (1911)
Bishop of Novara
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 José Aparecido Gonçalves de Almeida (2013)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Vitoria, Diocese of Vitoria, Spain
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/128685
VIAF: 29615560
WikiData: Q928972

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 14 Feb 2007
ab: Bollettino, 12 Apr 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 194, Number 15,735
r: Bollettino, 30 Jun 2026
r: CB, 30 Jun 2026

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