Father Jânison de Sá Santos

Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

Titular Bishop of Cillium

Motto: Sicut Qui Ministrat

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Dec 1969		Born
18 Aug 1995	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil
29 Nov 2025	55.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
29 Nov 2025	55.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cillium
6 Feb 2026	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cillium

MicroData Summary
Jânison de Sá Santos
Father Jânison de Sá Santos
(born 8 Dec 1969)
Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Fortaleza

Event Place
Birth Place Propriá, Diocese of Propriá, Sergipe
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Propriá, Diocese of Propriá, Sergipe

Please contact the Father through the Archdiocese of Fortaleza.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Gregório (Leozírio) Ben Lâmed Paixão (Neto), O.S.B.
Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jaime Spengler, O.F.M.
Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Archbishop José Palmeira Lessa
Archbishop Emeritus of Aracajú, Sergipe

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Gregório (Leozírio) Ben Lâmed Paixão (Neto), O.S.B. (2006)
Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara
Geraldo Majella Cardinal Agnelo † (1978)
Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q137161536

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 29 Nov 2025
ob: CB, 3 Dec 2025
c2+: CB, 18 Dec 2025

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