Bishop Antônio Carlos Cruz Santos, M.S.C.

Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Nov 1961		Born
2 Feb 1988	26.1	Professed	Member of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
12 Dec 1992	31.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
12 Feb 2014	52.2	Appointed	Bishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
10 May 2014	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
24 May 2014	52.4	Installed	Bishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
24 Apr 2024	62.4	Appointed	Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
29 Jun 2024	62.5	Installed	Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil

MicroData Summary
Antônio Carlos Cruz Santos
Bishop Antônio Carlos Cruz Santos M.S.C.
(born 25 Nov 1961)
Bishop of Petrolina

Event Place
Birth Place Rio de Janeiro, Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Ordained Bishop São Pedro de Alcântara, Church, São Gonçalo

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Petrolina.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Ricardo Pedro Paglia, M.S.C.
Bishop Emeritus of Pinheiro, Maranhão
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Fernando Panico, M.S.C.
Bishop of Crato, Ceara
Archbishop Jaime Vieira Rocha
Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Ricardo Pedro Paglia, M.S.C. (1979)
Bishop Emeritus of Pinheiro, Maranhão
Paulo Evaristo Cardinal Arns, O.F.M. † (1966)
Archbishop of São Paulo
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Archbishop of São Paulo
Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Bishop of Campinas
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Archbishop of São Paulo
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
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:
Bishop Alcivan Tadeus Gomes de Araújo (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C. (2020)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 96569140
WikiData: Q15729545

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 12 Feb 2014
ob/c2+/i: CB, 13 Feb 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 218, Number 18,156
ab: Bollettino, 24 Apr 2024
i: CB, 24 Apr 2024

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