Bishop José Geraldo da Cruz, A.A. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Aug 1941		Born
14 May 1961	19.7	Professed	Member of Augustinians of the Assumption
1 May 1969	27.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Augustinians of the Assumption
4 Jun 2003	61.8	Appointed	Bishop of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil
16 Aug 2003	62.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil
30 Aug 2003	62.0	Installed	Bishop of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil
7 Sep 2016	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil
4 Apr 2022	80.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil

MicroData Summary
José Geraldo da Cruz
Bishop José Geraldo da Cruz A.A.
(born 8 Aug 1941, died 4 Apr 2022)
Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro

Ad Limina - September 2010: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Muriaé
Ordained Bishop Quadra Municipal, Eugenópolis
Death Place Hospital, Muriaé
Buried Place (Original) São Sebastião, Cathedral, Leopoldina, Diocese of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais

a priest for 52.9 years
a bishop for 18.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida, S.J. †
Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Célio de Oliveira Goulart, O.F.M. †
Bishop of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo
Bishop José Rodrigues de Souza, C.Ss.R. †
Bishop Emeritus of Juazeiro, Bahia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida, S.J. † (1976)
Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M. (2016)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1709230

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 172, Number 14,437
r: Bollettino, 7 Sep 2016
d: CB, 4 Apr 2022

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