Juan José Cardinal Omella Omella

Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

Member of the Council of Cardinals

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Apr 1946		Born
20 Sep 1970	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Zaragoza, Spain
15 Jul 1996	50.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza, Spain
15 Jul 1996	50.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sasabe
22 Sep 1996	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sasabe
29 Oct 1999	53.5	Appointed	Bishop of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain
24 Aug 2001	55.3	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Huesca, Spain
19 Oct 2001	55.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Jaca, Spain
19 Dec 2003	57.6	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Huesca, Spain
21 Dec 2003	57.6	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Jaca, Spain
8 Apr 2004	57.9	Appointed	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain
6 Nov 2015	69.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
26 Dec 2015	69.6	Installed	Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
28 Jun 2017	71.1	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Jun 2017	71.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
21 Jan 2018	71.7	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
7 Mar 2023	76.8	Appointed	Member of the Council of Cardinals

MicroData Summary for Juan José Omella Omella
(VIAF: 87626328; WikiData: Q608116)
Juan José Cardinal Omella Omella (born 21 Apr 1946) Archbishop of Barcelona

Event Place
Birth Place Cretas, Diocese of Tortosa
Ordained Bishop Nuestra Señora del Pilár, Cathedral Basilica, Zaragoza, Archdiocese of Zaragoza

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Barcelona.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Elías Yanes Alvarez †
Archbishop of Zaragoza
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa †
Bishop of Tarazona
Bishop Jose Maria Conget Arizaleta †
Bishop of Jaca

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Elías Yanes Alvarez † (1970)
Archbishop of Zaragoza
Archbishop Gabino Díaz Merchán † (1965)
Archbishop of Oviedo
Archbishop Antonio Riberi † (1934)
Titular Archbishop of Dara
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Sergi Gordo Rodríguez (2017)
Bishop Antoni Vadell Ferrer † (2017)
Cristóbal Cardinal López Romero, S.D.B. (2018)
Archbishop Joan Planellas i Barnosell (2019)
Bishop Javier Vilanova Pellisa (2020)
Bishop José Antonio Satué Huerto (2021)
Bishop Ernesto Jesús Brotóns Tena (2022)
Bishop David Abadías Aurín (2023)
Archbishop Florencio Roselló Avellanas, O. de M. (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Bernard-Nicolas Jean-Marie Aubertin, O. Cist. (1998)
Bishop Alfonso Milián Sorribas † (2000)
Bishop Abilio Martínez Varea (2017)
Bishop Vicente Ribas Prats (2021)
Bishop Octavi Vilà Mayo, O. Cist. (2024)

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 147, Number 12,849
ab: Bollettino, 6 Nov 2015
card: CB, 21 May 2017
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
ab: Bollettino, 28 Jun 2017
i: Bollettino, 15 Jan 2018
ab: Bollettino, 7 Mar 2023

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