Bishop Ricardo Ramos de Castro Vilela †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil

Titular Bishop of Antipyrgos

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Apr 1887		Born
20 Nov 1910	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Olinda, Brazil
3 Jul 1919	32.2	Appointed	Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil
7 Sep 1919	32.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil
19 Oct 1919	32.5	Installed	Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil
16 Aug 1946	59.3	Resigned	Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil
16 Aug 1946	59.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Antipyrgos
8 Aug 1958	71.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil

MicroData Summary
Ricardo Ramos de Castro Vilela
Bishop Ricardo Ramos de Castro Vilela
(born 3 Apr 1887, died 8 Aug 1958)
Bishop Emeritus of Nazaré

Event Place
Birth Place Olinda

a priest for 47.7 years
a bishop for 38.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra †
Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop José Antônio de Oliveira Lopes †
Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco
Bishop José Tupinambá da Frota †
Bishop of Sobral, Ceara

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra † (1911)
Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco
Joaquim Cardinal Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti † (1890)
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop João José da Mota e Albuquerque † (1957)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop José Pereira Alves † (1923)
Archbishop Severino Vieira de Melo † (1923)
Bishop João da Matha de Andrade e Amaral † (1934)
Bishop Severino Mariano de Aguiar † (1957)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64639648

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1919, Number 53

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