Bishop Constantino Gómez Villa, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroní, Venezuela

Titular Bishop of Cucusus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Apr 1891		Born
8 Apr 1916	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
14 Jul 1938	47.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela
14 Jul 1938	47.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cucusus
18 Dec 1938	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cucusus
11 Oct 1967	76.5	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela
22 Mar 1981	89.9	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroní, Venezuela

MicroData Summary
Constantino Gómez Villa
Bishop Constantino Gómez Villa O.F.M. Cap.
(born 11 Apr 1891, died 22 Mar 1981)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroní

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place La Aldea del Puente, Diocese of León, Spain
Ordained Bishop Caracas, Archdiocese of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

a priest for 64.9 years
a bishop for 42.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Louis (Luigi) Centoz †
Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Arturo Celestino Álvarez †
Bishop of Calabozo
Bishop Gregorio Adam Dalmau †
Bishop of Valencia en Venezuela

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Louis (Luigi) Centoz † (1932)
Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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 Ángel Turrado Moreno, O.F.M. Cap. † (1944)
Bishop Argimiro Alvaro García Rodríguez, O.F.M. Cap. † (1956)
Bishop Mariano Gutiérrez Salazar, O.F.M. Cap. † (1968)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64736101

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1938, Number 100

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