Bishop Josafá Menezes da Silva

Bishop of Barreiras, Baia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Jan 1959		Born	Salinas da Margarida
14 May 1989	30.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
12 Jan 2005	46.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
12 Jan 2005	46.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gummi in Byzacena
10 Mar 2005	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gummi in Byzacena
15 Dec 2010	52.0	Appointed	Bishop of Barreiras, Baia, Brazil

Ad Limina - September 2010: Bishop

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Barreiras.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Lucas Cardinal Moreira Neves, O.P. †
Principal Consecrator:
Geraldo Majella Cardinal Agnelo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo
Archbishop Cleto Bellucci

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Josafá Menezes da Silva (2005)
Geraldo Majella Cardinal Agnelo (1978)
Paulo Evaristo Cardinal Arns, O.F.M. (1966)
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Archbishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gregório (Leozírio) Paixão Neto, O.S.B. (2006)
Bishop Eraldo Bispo da Silva (2012)

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 178, Number 14,832
ab: Bollettino, 15 Dec 2010

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