Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela
Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela (14 November 1932 – 10 April 2021) was a Venezuelan Roman Catholic archbishop.
Biography[]
Chirivella Valera was born in Venezuela and was ordained to the priesthood in 1956. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Margarita, Venezuela, from 1974 to 1982 and as archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barquisimeto, Venezuela, from 1982 to 2007.[1] He was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Maracaibo by John Paul II on June 28, 1999, a position he held until 2001.
On December 22, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI took office.[2]
He gave up his related to old reasons. Monsignor Antonio José López Castillo succeeded him. After his retirement, he settled in Miami, United States until the date of his death on 10 April 2021, at the age of 88 from COVID-19.[3]
Notes[]
- ^ David M. Cheney. "Archbishop Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela [Catholic-Hierarchy]". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
- ^ "Falleció en Estados Unidos Monseñor Tulio Manuel Chirivella (+ Comuni…". archive.is. 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
- ^ "Murió Arzobispo emérito de Barquisimeto Tulio Manuel Chirivella - Rad…". archive.is. 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
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