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José Cardinal Freire Falcão

Archbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal

Cardinal-Priest of San Luca a Via Prenestina

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Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Brasília. a priest for years a bishop for years a cardinal for years

Principal Consecrator: Archbishop José de Medeiros Delgado † Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Vicente de Paulo Araújo Matos † Bishop of Crato, Ceara Bishop José Mauro Ramalho de Alarcón Santiago Bishop of Iguatú, Ceara

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop José de Medeiros Delgado † (1941) Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara Archbishop Moisés Ferreira Coelho † (1915) Archbishop of Paraíba, Paraiba Archbishop Adauctus Aurélio de Miranda Henriques † (1894) Archbishop of Paraíba, Paraiba Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823) Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace Pope Clement XIII (1743) (Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †) Pope Benedict XIV (1724) (Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †) Pope Benedict XIII (1675) (Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †) Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666) Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621) Archbishop of Bologna Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604) Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa) Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566) Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola Scipione Cardinal Rebiba † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Pompeu Bezerra Bessa † (1973) Raymundo Cardinal Damasceno Assis (1986) Bishop Agostinho Stefan Januszewicz, O.F.M. Conv. † (1989) Bishop Jésus Rocha † (1994) Bishop Francisco de Paula Victor (1996) Bishop João Casimiro Wilk, O.F.M. Conv. (1998) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop José Gonzalez Alonso (1995) Bishop José Ronaldo Ribeiro (2007) Bishop Waldemar Passini Dalbello (2010) Bishop Valdir Mamede (2013)