Bishop Gerardo Melgar Viciosa

Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Real, Spain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Sep 1948		Born
20 Jun 1973	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Palencia, Spain
1 May 2008	59.6	Appointed	Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain
6 Jul 2008	59.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Osma-Soria, Spain
8 Apr 2016	67.5	Appointed	Bishop of Ciudad Real, Spain
21 May 2016	67.6	Installed	Bishop of Ciudad Real, Spain
9 Jul 2025	76.7	Retired	Bishop of Ciudad Real, Spain

MicroData Summary
Gerardo Melgar Viciosa
Bishop Gerardo Melgar Viciosa
(born 24 Sep 1948)
Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Real

Ad Limina - February 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Cervatos de la Cueza, Diocese of Palencia
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Burgo de Osma, Diocese of Osma-Soria

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Ciudad Real.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro
Titular Archbishop of Beneventum
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francisco Gil Hellín
Archbishop of Burgos
Bishop Rafael Palmero Ramos †
Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro (1985)
Titular Archbishop of Beneventum
Agostino Cardinal Casaroli † (1967)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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: 169036783
WikiData: Q670234

Source(s):

b: CB
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 194, Number 15,780
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 195, Additions/Corrections (front)
ab: Bollettino, 8 Apr 2016
i: CB, 8 Apr 2016
r: Bollettino, 9 Jul 2025

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