Crisanto Darío Mata Cova
Crisanto Darío Mata Cova (born October 25, 1915 in San José de Areocuar , Venezuela , † January 9, 1998 ) was Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar .
Life
Crisanto Darío Mata Cova received on 8 April 1939, the sacrament of Holy Orders .
On October 21, 1949, Pope Pius XII appointed him . first Bishop of Cumaná . The Archbishop of Caracas , Lucas Guillermo Castillo Hernández , donated him episcopal ordination on November 13 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were the Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela , Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco , and the Coadjutor Bishop of Calabozo , Antonio Ignacio Camargo .
On April 30, 1966, Pope Paul VI appointed him . to the Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar.
On May 26, 1986 Pope John Paul II accepted the resignation put forward by Crisanto Darío Mata Cova for reasons of age.
Crisanto Darío Mata Cova attended the first, second and fourth sessions of the Second Vatican Council .
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predecessor | Office | successor |
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Sixto Sosa Díaz |
Bishop of Cumaná 1949–1966 |
Mariano José Parra León |
Juan José Ortiz Bernal |
Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar 1966–1986 |
Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero |
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SURNAME | Mata Cova, Crisanto Darío |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Venezuelan clergyman, Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1915 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | San José de Areocuar , Venezuela |
DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 1998 |