Archbishop Emilio Rocha Grande, O.F.M.

Archbishop of Tanger, Morocco

Priest of Order of Friars Minor

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 May 1958		Born
17 Sep 1978	20.3	First Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor
18 Sep 1982	24.3	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor
16 Feb 1991	32.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
25 Feb 2022	63.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Tanger, Morocco
7 Feb 2023	64.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Tanger, Morocco
25 Mar 2023	64.8	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Tanger, Morocco

MicroData Summary
Emilio Rocha Grande
Archbishop Emilio Rocha Grande O.F.M.
(born 8 May 1958)
Archbishop of Tanger

Event Place
Birth Place Madrid, Diocese of Madrid, Spain
Ordained Priest San Juan de los Reyes, Church, Toledo, Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Tanger, Archdiocese of Tanger

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Tanger.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Cristóbal Cardinal López Romero, S.D.B.
Archbishop of Rabat
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Vito Rallo
Titular Archbishop of Alba
Archbishop Santiago Agrelo Martínez, O.F.M.
Archbishop Emeritus of Tanger

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Cristóbal Cardinal López Romero, S.D.B. (2018)
Archbishop of Rabat
Juan José Cardinal Omella Omella (1996)
Archbishop of Barcelona
Archbishop Elías Yanes Alvarez † (1970)
Archbishop of Zaragoza
Archbishop Gabino Díaz Merchán † (1965)
Archbishop of Oviedo
Archbishop Antonio Riberi † (1934)
Titular Archbishop of Dara
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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):

WikiData: Q115512927

Source(s):

b: AM, 28 Apr 2022
bd: AM, 7 May 2022
ab: Bollettino, 7 Feb 2023
c2+: CB, 12 Feb 2023

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