Bishop Rafael Zornoza Boy

Bishop Emeritus of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Jul 1949		Born
19 Mar 1975	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Madrid, Spain
23 Jul 1991	41.9	Incardinated	Priest of Getafe, Spain
13 Dec 2005	56.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Getafe, Spain
13 Dec 2005	56.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mentesa
5 Feb 2006	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mentesa
30 Aug 2011	62.0	Appointed	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
22 Nov 2025	76.3	Retired	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain

MicroData Summary
Rafael Zornoza Boy
Bishop Rafael Zornoza Boy
(born 31 Jul 1949)
Bishop Emeritus of Cádiz y Ceuta

Ad Limina - March 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Madrid, Diocese of Madrid
Ordained Bishop Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, Basilica, Cerro de los Angeles, Diocese of Getafe

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joaquin Maria López de Andújar y Cánovas del Castillo
Bishop of Getafe
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Antonio María Cardinal Rouco Varela
Archbishop of Madrid
Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro
Titular Archbishop of Beneventum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joaquin Maria López de Andújar y Cánovas del Castillo (2001)
Bishop of Getafe
Bishop Francisco José Pérez y Fernández-Golfin † (1985)
Bishop of Getafe
Archbishop Ángel Suquía Goicoechea † (1966)
Archbishop of Madrid
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 86650616
WikiData: Q555874

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 13 Dec 2005
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 184, Number 15,054
ab: Bollettino, 30 Aug 2011
r: Bollettino, 22 Nov 2025

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