Bishop Raimundo de Castro e Silva †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Oeiras, Brazil

Titular Bishop of Uzalis

Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 May 1905		Born
4 Dec 1932	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
17 Jun 1950	45.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Teresina, Brazil
17 Jun 1950	45.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Eluza
15 Aug 1950	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Eluza
17 Nov 1954	49.5	Appointed	Bishop of Oeiras, Brazil
9 Nov 1957	52.5	Resigned	Bishop of Oeiras, Brazil
9 Nov 1957	52.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
9 Nov 1957	52.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Uzalis
2 Aug 1991	86.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Oeiras, Brazil

MicroData Summary
Raimundo de Castro e Silva
Bishop Raimundo de Castro e Silva
(born 1 May 1905, died 2 Aug 1991)
Bishop Emeritus of Oeiras

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Aracoiaba, Diocese of Fortaleza (Ceará)
Ordained Bishop Cristo Re, Church, Fortaleza, Archdiocese of Fortaleza, Ceara

a priest for 58.6 years
a bishop for 40.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B. †
Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Aureliano de Matos †
Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara
Bishop Antônio Campelo de Aragão, S.D.B. †
Titular Bishop of Sesta

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B. † (1925)
Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara
Archbishop Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. † (1918)
Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais
Archbishop Angelo Giacinto Scapardini, O.P. † (1909)
Titular Archbishop of Damascus
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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:
Bishop Francisco Austregésilo de Mesquita Filho † (1961)
Bishop Francisco Hélio Campos † (1969)
Bishop Timóteo Francisco Nemésio Pereira Cordeiro, O.F.M. Cap. † (1971)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q10357208

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 129
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1950, Number 59

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