José Ángel Divassón Cilveti

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José Ángel Divassón Cilveti SDB (born April 23, 1939 in Artajona , Spain ) is a Roman Catholic religious and emeritus Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho .

Life

José Ángel Divassón Cilveti entered the religious order of the Salesians of Don Bosco and received on 11 February 1965, the sacrament of Holy Orders .

On 23 February 1996 appointed him Pope John Paul II. To the titular of Bamaccora and Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho . The Archbishop of Caracas , Antonio Ignacio Velasco García SDB, gave him episcopal ordination on May 4th of the same year ; Co- consecrators were the Archbishop of Maracaibo , Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales , and the Bishop of Maracay , José Vicente Henríquez Andueza SDB.

Pope Francis accepted his age-related resignation on October 14, 2015.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rinuncia del Vicario Apostolico di Puerto Ayacucho (Venezuela) e nomina del nuovo Vicario Apostolico. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , October 14, 2015, accessed October 14, 2015 (Italian).
predecessor Office successor
Antonio Ignacio Velasco García OFM Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho
1996–2015
Jonny Eduardo Reyes Sequera SDS