Bishop Nicolás Gregorio Nava Rojas

Bishop of Machiques, Venezuela

Bishop of Cabimas

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Dec 1963		Born
22 Jul 1989	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cabimas, Venezuela
19 Oct 2019	55.8	Appointed	Bishop of Machiques, Venezuela
14 Dec 2019	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Machiques, Venezuela
18 Apr 2026	62.3	Appointed	Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela

MicroData Summary
Nicolás Gregorio Nava Rojas
Bishop Nicolás Gregorio Nava Rojas
(born 8 Dec 1963)
Bishop of Machiques

Event Place
Birth Place Maracaibo, Diocese of Maracaibo
Ordained Bishop Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Cathedral, Machiques, Diocese of Machiques

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Machiques.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez
Bishop of Los Teques
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín
Bishop of Cabimas
Archbishop Jesús González de Zárate Salas
Archbishop of Cumaná

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez (1994)
Bishop of Los Teques
Bishop Pío Bello Ricardo, S.J. † (1977)
Bishop of Los Teques
José Humberto Cardinal Quintero Parra † (1953)
Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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 Juan Alberto Ayala Ramírez (2020)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Maracaibo, Diocese of Maracaibo
Ordained Bishop	Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Cathedral, Machiques, Diocese of Machiques

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q71543888

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 19 Oct 2019
ob/c2: CB, 31 Oct 2019
c34: CB, 24 Nov 2019
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 242, Number 20,285
ab: Bollettino, 18 Apr 2026

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