Bishop Ramón José Aponte Fernández

Bishop Emeritus of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Sep 1948		Born
17 Aug 1974	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Trujillo, Venezuela
5 Mar 2004	55.4	Appointed	Bishop of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela
22 May 2004	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela
11 Jan 2024	75.3	Retired	Bishop of Valle de la Pascua, Venezuela

MicroData Summary
Ramón José Aponte Fernández
Bishop Ramón José Aponte Fernández
(born 23 Sep 1948)
Bishop Emeritus of Valle de la Pascua

Ad Limina - June 2009: Bishop
Ad Limina - September 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Carache, Diocese of Trujillo
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Valle de la Pascua, Diocese of Valle de la Pascua

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Valle de la Pascua.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Rosalio José Cardinal Castillo Lara, S.D.B. †
Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in San Giovanni di Dio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña †
Bishop of Trujillo
Bishop Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo †
Bishop of Acarigua-Araure

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Rosalio José Cardinal Castillo Lara, S.D.B. † (1973)
Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in San Giovanni di Dio
José Humberto Cardinal Quintero Parra † (1953)
Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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 Magdaleno Álvarez Briceño (2026)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2130480

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 175, Number 14,597
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 191, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 11 Jan 2024

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