Bishop José Higinio Gómez González, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Lugo, Spain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Apr 1932		Born
24 Jun 1956	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
23 Apr 1980	48.0	Appointed	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
28 Jun 1980	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
30 Nov 2007	75.6	Retired	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
8 Jan 2008	75.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Lugo, Spain

MicroData Summary
José Higinio Gómez González
Bishop José Higinio Gómez González O.F.M.
(born 3 Apr 1932, died 8 Jan 2008)
Bishop Emeritus of Lugo

Event Place
Birth Place Lalín, Diocese of Lugo
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Lugo, Diocese of Lugo

a priest for 51.5 years
a bishop for 27.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Luigi Dadaglio †
Titular Archbishop of Lerus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Ángel Suquía Goicoechea †
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
Archbishop Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M. †
Archbishop of Tanger

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Luigi Dadaglio † (1961)
Titular Archbishop of Lerus
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 168884946
WikiData: Q1709256

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 30 Nov 2007
d: CB
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 123
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 196, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 71, Number 5,671

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