Bishop Benedito Domingos Vito Coscia, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Jataí, Goias, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Aug 1922		Born
11 Jun 1949	26.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
8 Jun 1961	38.8	Appointed	Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
21 Sep 1961	39.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
12 Dec 1961	39.3	Installed	Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
24 Feb 1999	76.5	Retired	Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
30 Apr 2008	85.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Jataí, Goias, Brazil

MicroData Summary
Benedito Domingos Vito Coscia
Bishop Benedito Domingos Vito Coscia O.F.M.
(born 10 Aug 1922, died 30 Apr 2008)
Bishop Emeritus of Jataí

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 Brooklyn, NY, Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, USA
Ordained Priest Washington, DC, Archdiocese of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Ordained Bishop Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Church, Brooklyn, NY, Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, USA

a priest for 58.8 years
a bishop for 46.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani †
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Bryan Joseph McEntegart †
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Tomás Roberto Patricio Manning, O.F.M. †
Titular Bishop of Arsamosata
Bishop Eustace John Alexander Smith, O.F.M. †
Titular Bishop of Apamea Cibotus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Bryan Joseph McEntegart † (1943)
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
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 Priest:
Bishop Capistrano Francisco (William Charles) Heim, O.F.M. † (1965)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Mathias William Schmidt, O.S.B. † (1972)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Cornélio Chizzini, F.D.P. † (1962)
Bishop Miguel Pedro Mundo † (1978)
Bishop Olívio Teodoro Obalhe, O.F.M. † (1987)
Bishop Capistrano Francisco (William Charles) Heim, O.F.M. † (1988)
Bishop João José Burke, O.F.M. † (1995)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q817074

Source(s):

d: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 196, Necrology (back)
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 20, Number 1,091, Ascendance
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1961, Number 116
c1: CB, 12 May 2022
i: CB, 18 Nov 2023

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