Bishop José Agustín Ganuza García, O.A.R. †

Deceased

Prelate Emeritus of Bocas del Toro, Panama

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Aug 1931		Born
27 Jun 1954	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects
12 Mar 1970	38.5	Appointed	Prelate of Bocas del Toro, Panama
4 Feb 1972	40.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Pauzera
27 May 1972	40.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Pauzera
18 Nov 1977	46.2	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Pauzera
1 May 2008	76.6	Retired	Prelate of Bocas del Toro, Panama
20 Feb 2026	94.4	Died	Prelate Emeritus of Bocas del Toro, Panama

MicroData Summary
José Agustín Ganuza García
Bishop José Agustín Ganuza García O.A.R.
(born 28 Aug 1931, died 20 Feb 2026)
Prelate Emeritus of Bocas del Toro

Event Place
Birth Place Artajona, Spain
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Bocas del Toro, Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro

a priest for 71.6 years
a bishop for 53.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Edoardo Rovida
Titular Archbishop of Tauromenium
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C. †
Archbishop of Panamá
Bishop Martin Legarra Tellechea, O.A.R. †
Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Edoardo Rovida (1971)
Titular Archbishop of Tauromenium
Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot † (1954)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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-Émile 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

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Carlos Briseño Arch, O.A.R. (1985)
Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Mario Alberto Molina Palma, O.A.R. (1975)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
José Luis Cardinal Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R. (1986)
Bishop Anibal Saldaña Santamaría, O.A.R. (2008)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Artajona, Spain
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Bocas del Toro, Territorial Prelature of Bocas del Toro

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1708903

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 2 May 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 19, Number 1,011
d: CB, 20 Feb 2026

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