Bishop Rafael Muñoz Núñez †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Aguascalientes, México

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Jan 1925		Born
24 Mar 1951	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
20 Jul 1972	47.5	Appointed	Bishop of Zacatecas, México
29 Sep 1972	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Zacatecas, México
1 Jun 1984	59.3	Appointed	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México
18 May 1998	73.3	Resigned	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México
19 Feb 2010	85.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Aguascalientes, México

MicroData Summary
Rafael Muñoz Núñez
Bishop Rafael Muñoz Núñez
(born 14 Jan 1925, died 19 Feb 2010)
Bishop Emeritus of Aguascalientes

Event Place
Birth Place Vista Hermosa
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Zacatecas, Diocese of Zacatecas

a priest for 58.9 years
a bishop for 37.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop José Pablo Rovalo Azcué, S.M. †
Bishop Emeritus of Zacatecas
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero †
Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco
Bishop Adolfo Hernández Hurtado †
Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop José Pablo Rovalo Azcué, S.M. † (1970)
Bishop Emeritus of Zacatecas
Miguel Darío Cardinal Miranda y Gómez † (1937)
Archbishop of México, Federal District
Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flores † (1900)
Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán
Archbishop Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera † (1892)
Archbishop of México, Federal District
Bishop Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón † (1871)
Bishop of San Luis Potosí
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ramón Godinez Flores † (1980)
Bishop Fernando Mario Chávez Ruvalcaba † (1999)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q426335

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 204, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 21, Number 1,153

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