Archbishop Gabino Díaz Merchán †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Oviedo, Spain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Feb 1926		Born
13 Jul 1952	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Toledo, Spain
23 Jul 1965	39.4	Appointed	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
22 Aug 1965	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Guadix, Spain
4 Aug 1969	43.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain
20 Sep 1969	43.5	Installed	Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain
7 Jan 2002	75.8	Retired	Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain
14 Jun 2022	96.3	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Oviedo, Spain

MicroData Summary
Gabino Díaz Merchán
Archbishop Gabino Díaz Merchán
(born 26 Feb 1926, died 14 Jun 2022)
Archbishop Emeritus of Oviedo

Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Mora, Archdiocese of Toledo
Ordained Priest Comillas
Ordained Bishop Guadix, Diocese of Guadix
Death Place Casa Sacerdotal, Oviedo, Archdiocese of Oviedo

a priest for 69.9 years
a bishop for 56.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio Riberi †
Titular Archbishop of Dara
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Felix Romero Menjibar †
Bishop of Jaén
Bishop Anastasio Granados García †
Titular Bishop of Cidramus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antonio Riberi † (1934)
Titular Archbishop of Dara
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Ordained Priest:
Father Gonzalo Espina Peruyero (1979)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Elías Yanes Alvarez † (1970)
Bishop José Sánchez González (1980)
Bishop Atilano Vicente Rodríguez Martínez (1996)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Rafael Torija de la Fuente † (1969)
Archbishop Teodoro Cardenal Fernández † (1970)
Bishop Antonio Dorado Soto † (1970)
Bishop Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta † (1971)
Bishop Ignacio Noguer Carmona † (1976)
Fernando Cardinal Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F. † (1979)
Archbishop Pablo Puente Buces † (1980)
Bishop Ramón Búa Otero † (1982)
Archbishop José Antonio Peteiro Freire, O.F.M. † (1983)
Bishop José Vilaplana Blasco (1984)
Archbishop Santiago García Aracil † (1984)
Bishop Rosendo Álvarez Gastón † (1985)
Santos Cardinal Abril y Castelló (1985)
Bishop Camilo Lorenzo Iglesias † (1995)
Bishop Cecilio Raúl Berzosa Martínez (2005)
Bishop Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández † (2013)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 1484222
WikiData: Q4357931

Source(s):

c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 14, Number 736, Ascendance
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1965, Number 63
d/i/opd: CB, 14 Jun 2022

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