Bishop João de Ceita Nazaré

Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Aug 1973		Born
4 Aug 2006	32.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of São Tomé e Príncipe
9 Jan 2024	50.3	Appointed	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
17 Mar 2024	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe

MicroData Summary
João de Ceita Nazaré
Bishop João de Ceita Nazaré
(born 22 Aug 1973)
Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe

Event Place
Birth Place Trindade, Diocese of São Tomé e Príncipe
Ordained Bishop Outside, Nossa Senhora da Graça, Cathedral, São Tomé, Diocese of São Tomé e Príncipe

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of São Tomé e Príncipe.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giovanni Gaspari
Titular Archbishop of Alba Maritima
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop José Manuel Imbamba
Archbishop of Saurimo
Bishop Manuel António Mendes dos Santos, C.M.F.
Bishop Emeritus of São Tomé e Príncipe

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giovanni Gaspari (2020)
Titular Archbishop of Alba Maritima
Pietro Cardinal Parolin (2009)
Cardinal-Bishop of Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela
Pope Benedict XVI (1977)
(Joseph Ratzinger †)
Bishop Josef Stangl † (1957)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Josef Schneider † (1955)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop of Speyer
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q124218365

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 9 Jan 2024
ob: CB, 28 Jan 2024
c2+: CB, 17 Mar 2024
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 259, Number 21,434

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