João Cardinal Bráz de Aviz

Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Elena fuori Porta Prenestina

Motto: Ut Omnes Unum Sint

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Apr 1947		Born
26 Nov 1972	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil
6 Apr 1994	46.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
6 Apr 1994	46.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Flenucleta
31 May 1994	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Flenucleta
12 Aug 1998	51.3	Appointed	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
15 Oct 1998	51.4	Installed	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
17 Jul 2002	55.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil
4 Oct 2002	55.4	Installed	Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil
28 Jan 2004	56.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
27 Mar 2004	56.9	Installed	Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
4 Jan 2011	63.6	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
18 Feb 2012	64.8	Elevated to Cardinal
18 Feb 2012	64.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Elena fuori Porta Prenestina
20 May 2012	65.0	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Elena fuori Porta Prenestina
28 Feb 2013	65.8	Ceased	Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
16 Mar 2013	65.8	Confirmed	Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
4 Mar 2022	74.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Elena fuori Porta Prenestina
6 Jan 2025	77.7	Retired	Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

MicroData Summary
João Bráz de Aviz
João Cardinal Bráz de Aviz
(born 24 Apr 1947)
Prefect Emeritus of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

Ad Limina - November 2010: Bishop
Consistory - February 2012: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2013: Participated
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Mafra, Diocese of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Ordained Priest Nossa Senhora de Lourdes, Cathedral, Apucarana, Diocese of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil
Ordained Bishop Nossa Senhora de Lourdes, Cathedral, Apucarana, Diocese of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil

Please contact the Cardinal through the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Romeu Alberti †
Bishop of Apucarana, Parana
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, C.M. †
Bishop of Apucarana, Parana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Silvestre Luís Scandián, S.V.D. †
Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo
Bishop Acácio Rodrigues Alves †
Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, C.M. † (1975)
Bishop of Apucarana, Parana
Archbishop Carmine Rocco † (1961)
Titular Archbishop of Iustinianopolis in Galatia
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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 (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

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M. (1995)
Bishop Mário Spaki (2003)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Odair Miguel Gonsalves dos Santos, C.M. (2000)
Bishop Vicente de Paula Tavares (2006)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop José Ronaldo Ribeiro (2007)
Bishop Pedro Aguado Cuesta, Sch. P. (2025)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Hélio Adelar Rubert (1999)
Archbishop Francisco Carlos Bach (2005)
Bishop Mário Marquez, O.F.M. Cap. (2006)
Bishop Messias dos Reis Silveira (2007)
Bishop Waldemar Passini Dalbello (2010)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 278228817
WikiData: Q703566

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 4 Jan 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 138, Number 12,323
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141, Additions/Corrections (front)
card: Bollettino, 6 Jan 2012
1e01: Bollettino, 18 Feb 2012
i: Bollettino, 11 May 2012
c: Bollettino, 16 Mar 2013
cpri: Bollettino, 4 Mar 2022
r: Bollettino, 6 Jan 2025

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