Bishop Celso Alexandre

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil

Titular Bishop of Capsa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Sep 1969		Born
6 Feb 1999	29.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Jul 2016³	46.8	Incardinated	Priest of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
26 Nov 2025	56.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
26 Nov 2025	56.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Capsa
1 Feb 2026	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Capsa

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Celso Alexandre
Bishop Celso Alexandre
(born 2 Sep 1969)
Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo

Event Place
Birth Place Chavantes, Archdiocese of Botucatu, Sao Paulo
Ordained Priest Luiziânia, Diocese of Lins, Sao Paulo
Ordained Bishop Senhor Bom Jesus, Cathedral, Ourinhos, Diocese of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo

Please contact the Bishop through the Archdiocese of São Paulo.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Odilo Pedro Cardinal Scherer
Archbishop of São Paulo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Eduardo Vieira dos Santos
Bishop of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo
Bishop Salvatore Paruzzo
Bishop Emeritus of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Odilo Pedro Cardinal Scherer (2002)
Archbishop of São Paulo
Cláudio Aury Affonso Cardinal Hummes, O.F.M. † (1975)
Archbishop of São Paulo
Archbishop Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider, O.F.M. † (1962)
Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara
Archbishop Alfredo Vicente Scherer † (1947)
Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Archbishop Carlo Chiarlo † (1928)
Titular Archbishop of Amida
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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 (Jean-François) 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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q137019581

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 26 Nov 2025
ob/bpd/inca/loc: CB, 26 Nov 2025
c2+: CB, 19 Dec 2025

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