Bishop Rafael Sanus Abad †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain

Titular Bishop of Germaniciana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Aug 1931		Born
22 Jun 1958	26.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Valencia, Spain
3 Feb 1989	57.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
3 Feb 1989	57.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Germaniciana
12 Mar 1989	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Germaniciana
17 Nov 2000	69.2	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
13 May 2010	78.7	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Valencia, Spain

MicroData Summary
Rafael Sanus Abad
Bishop Rafael Sanus Abad
(born 29 Aug 1931, died 13 May 2010)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Valencia

Event Place
Birth Place Alcoy

a priest for 51.8 years
a bishop for 21.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Miguel Roca Cabanellas †
Archbishop of Valencia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Vicente Cardinal Enrique y Tarancón †
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto
Bishop Antonio Vilaplana Molina †
Bishop of León

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Miguel Roca Cabanellas † (1966)
Archbishop of Valencia
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Javier Salinas Viñals (1992)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q960293

Source(s):

d: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 114, Number 10,142
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 204, Necrology (back)

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