José Diéguez Reboredo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Diéguez and the second or maternal family name is Reboredo.

José Diéguez Reboredo (25 April 1934 – 18 July 2022)^[1] was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest who served as bishop of Osma-Soria (1984–1987), Ourense (1987–1996) and Tui-Vigo (1996–2010).^[2]

José Diéguez Reboredo
Bishop Emertus of Tui-Vigo
Appointed	7 June 1996
Term ended	28 January 2010
Predecessor	José Cerviño Cerviño
Successor	Luis Quinteiro Fiuza [es]
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Ourense (1987–1996) Bishop of Osma-Soria (1984–1987)
Orders
Ordination	13 August 1961
Consecration	28 October 1984 by Antonio Innocenti
Personal details
Born	(1934-04-25)25 April 1934 Enquerentes, Touro, Spain
Died	18 July 2022(2022-07-18) (aged 88) Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Motto	IN NOMINE DOMINI
Coat of arms

Styles of José Diéguez Reboredo
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Biography

Diéguez studied at the Seminary of Santiago de Compostela and in Salamanca. He graduated in exact sciences from the University of Santiago de Compostela and was a professor of mathematics at the Minor Seminary of Compostela. He was also Bishop of Osma-Soria (1984–1987) and Orense (1987–1996).

On 7 June 1996, he took over the diocese of Tuy-Vigo. In April 2009 he submitted to the Pope his resignation for having turned seventy-five years of age,^[3] a resignation that was accepted on 28 January 2010.^[2]

Diéguez died in the early afternoon of 18 July 2022, in Santiago de Compostela, where he was chaplain of the Little Sisters of the Forsaken Elderly. A few days earlier he had suffered a stroke for which he had been hospitalized.^[1]