Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero
Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero (born April 17, 1935 in Puertos de Altagracia ; † November 27, 2018 in Los Puertos de Altagracia , Zulia ) was a Venezuelan clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar .
Life
Medardo Luis Luzardo Romero was ordained a priest on January 6, 1960 .
Pope Paul VI appointed him on May 16, 1972 as the first bishop of the diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela established on the same date . He received his episcopal consecration on July 25th of the same year by the Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela , Cardinal José Humberto Quintero Parra ; Co- consecrators were Domingo Roa Pérez , Archbishop of Maracaibo , and Mariano José Parra León , Bishop of Cumaná .
On August 20, 1979 he was appointed the first bishop of the diocese of Ciudad Guayana , established on the same date . Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar on May 26, 1986. On August 27, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI. his age-related retirement.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela 1972–1979 |
Antonio Arellano Durán |
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Bishop of Ciudad Guayana 1979–1986 |
José de Jesús Nuñez Viloria |
| Crisanto Darío Mata Cova |
Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar 1986-2011 |
Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes OdeM |
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| SURNAME | Luzardo Romero, Medardo Luis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Venezuelan clergyman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Puertos de Altagracia |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 27, 2018 |
| Place of death | Los Puertos de Altagracia , Zulia |