Bishop Rubén Tierrablanca Gonzalez, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey

Titular Bishop of Tubernuca

Apostolic Administrator of Istanbul (Constantinople) (Greek)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Aug 1952		Born
2 Aug 1977	24.9	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor
29 Jun 1978	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
16 Apr 2016	63.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey
16 Apr 2016	63.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tubernuca
16 Apr 2016	63.6	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Istanbul (Constantinople) (Greek), Turkey
11 Jun 2016	63.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tubernuca
22 Dec 2020	68.3	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey

MicroData Summary for Rubén Tierrablanca Gonzalez
(VIAF: 1876161453830264330009; WikiData: Q23837608)
Bishop Rubén Tierrablanca Gonzalez O.F.M. (born 24 Aug 1952, died 22 Dec 2020) Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul

Event Place
Birth Place Cortázar, México
Ordained Bishop Saint-Esprit, Cathedral, Istanbul, Vicariate Apostolic of Istanbul
Death Place University of Koç, Hospital, Istanbul, Vicariate Apostolic of Istanbul

a priest for 42.4 years
a bishop for 4.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Leonardo Cardinal Sandri
Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Lorenzo Piretto, O.P.
Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne)
Bishop Paolo Bizzeti, S.J.
Titular Bishop of Tabae

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Leonardo Cardinal Sandri (1997)
Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari
Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Cortázar, México
Ordained Bishop	Saint-Esprit, Cathedral, Istanbul, Vicariate Apostolic of Istanbul
Death Place	University of Koç, Hospital, Istanbul, Vicariate Apostolic of Istanbul

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 16 Apr 2016
ob: CB, 18 Apr 2016
c2+: CB, 21 May 2016
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 228, Number 18,937
d: CB, 23 Dec 2020
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 246, Necrology (back)

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