Bishop Mauro Morelli †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Sep 1935		Born
28 Apr 1965	29.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
12 Dec 1974	39.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
12 Dec 1974	39.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vatarba
25 Jan 1975	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Vatarba
25 May 1981	45.6	Appointed	Bishop of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
30 Mar 2005	69.5	Retired	Bishop of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
9 Oct 2023	88.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

MicroData Summary
Mauro Morelli
Bishop Mauro Morelli
(born 17 Sep 1935, died 9 Oct 2023)
Bishop Emeritus of Duque de Caxias

Event Place
Birth Place Avanhandava, Diocese of Cafelândia
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, São Paulo, Archdiocese of São Paulo
Death Place Mater Dei, Hospital, Belo Horizonte, Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, Cathedral, Duque de Caxias, Diocese of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro

a priest for 58.4 years
a bishop for 48.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Paulo Evaristo Cardinal Arns, O.F.M. †
Archbishop of São Paulo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira †
Titular Bishop of Bitettum
Bishop José Thurler †
Titular Bishop of Capitolias

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Paulo Evaristo Cardinal Arns, O.F.M. † (1966)
Archbishop of São Paulo
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Archbishop of São Paulo
Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Bishop of Campinas
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Archbishop of São Paulo
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Cláudio Aury Affonso Cardinal Hummes, O.F.M. † (1975)
Bishop José Benedito Simão † (2002)
Bishop Evaristo Pascoal Spengler, O.F.M. (2016)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 55634740
WikiData: Q1911663

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 230, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 27, Number 1,532
d: CB, 9 Oct 2023

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