Aquilino Cardinal Bocos Merino, C.M.F.

Superior General Emeritus of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia del Gonfalone

Motto: Ut Vitam Habeant

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 May 1938		Born
15 Aug 1956	18.2	First Vows	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
15 Aug 1959	21.2	Perpetual Vows	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
23 May 1963	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
1991²	52.6	Appointed	Superior General of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
2003²	64.6	Resigned	Superior General of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
31 May 2018	80.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Urusi
16 Jun 2018	80.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Urusi
28 Jun 2018	80.1	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Jun 2018	80.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia del Gonfalone
26 Jan 2019	80.6	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia del Gonfalone

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Aquilino Bocos Merino
Aquilino Cardinal Bocos Merino C.M.F.
(born 17 May 1938)
Superior General Emeritus of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Consistory - 2018: Created Cardinal (Non-Voting)
Conclave - 2025: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Canillas de Esgueva, Archdiocese of Valladolid, Spain
Ordained Priest Salamanca, Diocese of Salamanca, Spain
Ordained Bishop San Antonio María Claret, Church, Madrid, Archdiocese of Madrid, Spain

Please contact the Cardinal through the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
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Principal Consecrator:
Fernando Cardinal Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F. †
Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Carlos Cardinal Osoro Sierra
Archbishop of Madrid
Ricardo Cardinal Blázquez Pérez
Archbishop of Valladolid

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Fernando Cardinal Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F. † (1979)
Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela
Vicente Cardinal Enrique y Tarancón † (1946)
Archbishop of Madrid
Bishop Manuel Moll y Salord † (1937)
Bishop of Tortosa
Federico Cardinal Tedeschini † (1921)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Fernando Prado Ayuso, C.M.F. (2022)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Canillas de Esgueva, Archdiocese of Valladolid, Spain
Ordained Priest	Salamanca, Diocese of Salamanca, Spain
Ordained Bishop	San Antonio María Claret, Church, Madrid, Archdiocese of Madrid, Spain

External Link(s):

VIAF: 87855345
WikiData: Q53834664

Source(s):

card: Bollettino, 20 May 2018
ob/c2+: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 28 Jun 2018
ab: CB, 16 Jun 2018
ab: Bollettino, 28 Jun 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 236, Number 19,791
i: Bollettino, 22 Jan 2019
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 239, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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