Archbishop Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M.

Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

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Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Jun 1950		Born
25 Aug 1973	23.2	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor
8 May 1977	26.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
19 Jul 1988	38.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
19 Jul 1988	38.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ursona
3 Oct 1988	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ursona
16 May 1995	44.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
26 Jun 1995	45.0	Installed	Coadjutor Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
1 Apr 1997	46.8	Succeeded	Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
26 Mar 1999	48.8	Appointed	Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
8 May 1999	48.9	Installed	Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

MicroData Summary for Roberto Octavio González Nieves
(VIAF: 17068769; WikiData: Q1341266)
Archbishop Roberto Octavio González Nieves O.F.M. (born 2 Jun 1950) Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

Ad Limina - June 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - June 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Elizabeth, NJ, USA
Ordained Bishop Holy Cross, Cathedral, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. †
Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel
Principal Consecrator:
Bernard Francis Cardinal Law †
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Principal Co-Consecrators:
John Joseph Cardinal O’Connor †
Archbishop of New York, New York
Luis Cardinal Aponte Martínez †
Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bernard Francis Cardinal Law † (1973)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Bishop Joseph Bernard Brunini † (1957)
Bishop of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi
Bishop Richard Oliver Gerow † (1924)
Bishop of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi
Bishop Edward Patrick Allen † (1897)
Bishop of Mobile, Alabama
James Cardinal Gibbons † (1868)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Archbishop Martin John Spalding † (1848)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, P.S.S. † (1810)
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Daniel Fernández Torres (2007)
Bishop Eusebio Ramos Morales (2008)
Bishop Alberto Arturo Figueroa Morales (2019)
Bishop Luis Francisco Miranda Rivera, O. Carm. (2020)
Bishop Tomás Godrés González González (2023)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ruben Antonio González Medina, C.M.F. (2001)
Bishop Ángel Luis Ríos Matos (2020)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Elizabeth, NJ, USA
Ordained Bishop	Holy Cross, Cathedral, Boston, Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 111, Number 9,818
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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