Bishop Gentil Diniz Barreto †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Nov 1910		Born
23 Jun 1933	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil
11 Jun 1960	49.5	Appointed	Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
21 Sep 1960	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
14 Mar 1984	73.3	Resigned	Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
9 Oct 1988	77.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

MicroData Summary
Gentil Diniz Barreto
Bishop Gentil Diniz Barreto
(born 23 Nov 1910, died 9 Oct 1988)
Bishop Emeritus of Mossoró

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Olinda, Diocese of Olinda
Ordained Bishop Limoeiro do Norte, Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara

a priest for 55.2 years
a bishop for 28.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Carlos Gouvêa Coelho †
Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop João de Souza Lima, O. Cist. †
Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas
Bishop Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar †
Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Carlos Gouvêa Coelho † (1948)
Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco
Archbishop Moisés Sizenando Coelho † (1915)
Archbishop of Paraíba
Archbishop Adauto Aurélio de Miranda Henriques † (1894)
Archbishop of Paraíba
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop José Freire de Oliveira Neto † (1974)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Antônio Soares Costa † (1972)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 5542150325587210090008
WikiData: Q27990592

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1960, Number 94

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