Archbishop Oscar Valero Cruz †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Nov 1934		Born
10 Feb 1962	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
4 Mar 1976	41.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
4 Mar 1976	41.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Martirano
3 May 1976	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Martirano
22 May 1978	43.5	Appointed	Archbishop of San Fernando, Philippines
24 Oct 1988	53.9	Resigned	Archbishop of San Fernando, Philippines
15 Jul 1991	56.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
8 Sep 2009	74.8	Retired	Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
26 Aug 2020	85.7	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines

MicroData Summary
Oscar Valero Cruz
Archbishop Oscar Valero Cruz
(born 17 Nov 1934, died 26 Aug 2020)
Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan

Event Place
Birth Place Balanga
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Manila, Archdiocese of Manila
Death Place Cardinal Santos Medical Center, San Juan City

a priest for 58.5 years
a bishop for 44.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bruno Torpigliani †
Titular Archbishop of Malliana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jaime Lachica Sin †
Archbishop of Manila
Archbishop Artemio Gabriel Casas †
Archbishop of Jaro

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bruno Torpigliani † (1964)
Titular Archbishop of Malliana
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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 Roberto Calara Mallari (1982)
Pablo Virgilio Siongco Cardinal David (1983)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Protacio Guevarra Gungon † (1977)
Bishop Antonio Realubin Tobias (1983)
Bishop Teodoro Javier Buhain Jr. † (1983)
Bishop Francisco Capiral San Diego † (1983)
Bishop Jesus Castro Galang † (1987)
Bishop Crisostomo Ayson Yalung (1994)
Bishop Renato Pine Mayugba (2005)
Archbishop Marlo Mendoza Peralta (2006)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 63285237
WikiData: Q530205

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 8 Sep 2009
mn: CB, 20 Jul 2015
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 35, Number 2,153
d: CB, 25 Aug 2020
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 246, Necrology (back)

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