Bishop Tomás Osvaldo González Morales, S.D.B. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Punta Arenas, Chile

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Apr 1935		Born
31 Jan 1952	16.7	First Vows	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
29 Jan 1958	22.7	Final Vows	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
11 Feb 1963	27.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
28 Mar 1974	38.9	Appointed	Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile
27 Apr 1974	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile
4 Mar 2006	70.8	Retired	Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile
12 Feb 2022	86.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Punta Arenas, Chile

MicroData Summary
Tomás Osvaldo González Morales
Bishop Tomás Osvaldo González Morales S.D.B.
(born 20 Apr 1935, died 12 Feb 2022)
Bishop Emeritus of Punta Arenas

Event Place
Birth Place Santiago de Chile, Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
Ordained Priest Torino, Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Gratitud Nacional, Church, Santiago de Chile, Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
Death Place Universidad Católica clinic, Santiago de Chile, Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile

a priest for 59.0 years
a bishop for 47.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Maurilio Cardinal Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. †
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Principal Consecrator:
Raúl Cardinal Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. †
Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Sotero Sanz Villalba †
Titular Archbishop of Emerita Augusta
Bishop Sergio Valech Aldunate †
Titular Bishop of Zabi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Raúl Cardinal Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. † (1959)
Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
Archbishop Opilio Rossi † (1953)
Titular Archbishop of Ancyra
Archbishop Aloisius Joseph Muench † (1935)
Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Héctor Eduardo Vargas Bastidas, S.D.B. † (1978)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Bernardo Miguel Bastres Florence, S.D.B. (2006)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 36449891
WikiData: Q2441262

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 4 Mar 2006
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Deceased Cardinals (back)
c1/prof: CB, 10 Apr 2017
ob/c23: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 25, Number 1,416
c4: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 65, Additions/Corrections (front)
d: CB, 12 Feb 2022

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