Ricardo María Cardinal Carles Gordó †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Sep 1926		Born
29 Jun 1951	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Valencia, Spain
6 Jun 1969	42.7	Appointed	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
3 Aug 1969	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tortosa, Spain
23 Mar 1990	63.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
26 Nov 1994	68.1	Elevated to Cardinal
26 Nov 1994	68.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino
15 Jun 2004	77.7	Retired	Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
17 Dec 2013	87.2	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain

MicroData Summary
Ricardo María Carles Gordó
Ricardo María Cardinal Carles Gordó
(born 24 Sep 1926, died 17 Dec 2013)
Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona

Consistory - 1994: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Valencia, Archdiocese of Valencia
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Tortosa, Diocese of Tortosa

a priest for 62.4 years
a bishop for 44.3 years
a cardinal for 19.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Luigi Dadaglio †
Titular Archbishop of Lerus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Manuel Moll y Salord †
Titular Bishop of Urbs Salvia
Bishop Rafael González Moralejo †
Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Luigi Dadaglio † (1961)
Titular Archbishop of Lerus
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Román Casanova Casanova (1981)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joan Carrera Planas † (1991)
Bishop Carles Soler Perdigó † (1991)
Bishop Pere Tena Garriga † (1993)
Bishop Jaume Traserra Cunillera † (1993)
Archbishop Joan Enric Vives Sicilia (1993)
Bishop Juan Piris Frígola (2001)
Archbishop Josep Ángel Saiz Meneses (2001)
Bishop Román Casanova Casanova (2003)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francesc-Xavier Ciuraneta Aymí † (1991)
Bishop Juan Antonio Reig Pla (1996)
Bishop Jesús Murgui Soriano (1996)
Bishop Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez (1996)
Bishop Agustín Cortés Soriano (1998)
Bishop Esteban Escudero Torres † (2001)
Archbishop Enrique Benavent Vidal (2005)
Bishop Vicente Juan Segura † (2005)
Bishop Salvador Giménez Valls (2005)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/352778
VIAF: 63453607
WikiData: Q504937

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 123
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
d: CB, 17 Dec 2013
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 216, Deceased Cardinals (back), Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 8, Number 367

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