Bishop Walter Ivan de Azevedo, S.D.B. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 May 1926		Born
14 Jan 1950	23.6	Professed	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
8 Dec 1953	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
13 May 1986	60.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
27 Jul 1986	60.2	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
27 Feb 1988	61.8	Succeeded	Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
23 Jan 2002	75.7	Retired	Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
28 Jan 2024	97.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil

MicroData Summary
Walter Ivan de Azevedo
Bishop Walter Ivan de Azevedo S.D.B.
(born 8 May 1926, died 28 Jan 2024)
Bishop Emeritus of São Gabriel da Cachoeira

Event Place
Birth Place São Paulo, Archdiocese of São Paulo
Ordained Bishop Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora, Church, São Paulo, Archdiocese of São Paulo
Death Place Manaus, Archdiocese of Manaus, Amazonas

a priest for 70.1 years
a bishop for 37.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Paulo Evaristo Cardinal Arns, O.F.M. †
Archbishop of São Paulo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michele Alagna Foderá, S.D.B. †
Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas
Bishop Ladislau Paz, S.D.B. †
Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 José Song Sui-Wan, S.D.B. † (2002)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 14231540
WikiData: Q1000482

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 230, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 100, Number 8,663
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 102, Additions/Corrections (front)
d: CB, 28 Jan 2024

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