Type: | Bishop |
José Cerviño Cerviño | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
See: | Diocese of Tui-Vigo |
Term: | 1976 - 1996 |
Predecessor: | José Delicado Baeza |
Successor: | José Diéguez Reboredo |
Ordination: | April 6, 1946 |
Consecration: | July 28, 1968 |
Consecrated By: | Cardinal Fernando Quiroga y Palacios |
Birth Date: | 21 August 1920 |
José Cerviño Cerviño, (August 21, 1920 - April 18, 2012) was a Spanish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Cerviño was born in Aldán, Spain, and was ordained a priest on April 6, 1946, from the Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela. Cerviño was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela as well as titular bishop of Benepota on June 4, 1968, and ordained bishop on July 28, 1968. On November 8, 1976, Cerviño was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Tui-Vigo where he would serve until his retirement on June 7, 1996.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela