Bishop Nelson Francelino Ferreira

Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Feb 1965		Born
4 Aug 1990	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
24 Nov 2010	45.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
24 Nov 2010	45.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Alava
5 Feb 2011	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Alava
12 Feb 2014	48.9	Appointed	Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

MicroData Summary
Nelson Francelino Ferreira
Bishop Nelson Francelino Ferreira
(born 26 Feb 1965)
Bishop of Valença

Event Place
Birth Place Sapé
Ordained Bishop São Sebastião, Cathedral, Rio de Janeiro, Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Valença.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Eugênio Cardinal de Araújo Sales †
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist.
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Rafael Llano Cifuentes †
Bishop Emeritus of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro
Bishop Elias James John Manning, O.F.M. Conv. †
Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist. (1997)
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Bishop José de Aquino Pereira † (1958)
Bishop Emeritus of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo
Bishop Ruy Serra † (1948)
Bishop of São Carlos, Sao 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: Q1452342

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 24 Nov 2010
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 205, Number 16,943
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 2,011, Number 11
ab: Bollettino, 12 Feb 2014

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