Bishop Bertilo João Morsch

Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Titular Bishop of Bavagaliana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Nov 1964		Born
7 Jan 1989	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
17 May 2022	57.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
17 May 2022	57.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bavagaliana
6 Aug 2022	57.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bavagaliana

MicroData Summary
Bertilo João Morsch
Bishop Bertilo João Morsch
(born 7 Nov 1964)
Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre

Event Place
Birth Place Sobradinho, Diocese of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul
Ordained Priest São Miguel de Pitingal, Chapel, Sobradinho, Diocese of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul
Ordained Bishop Nossa Senhora de Medianeira, Basilica, Santa Maria, Archdiocese of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul

Please contact the Bishop through the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop José Ivo Lorscheiter †
Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Leomar Antônio Brustolin
Archbishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jaime Spengler, O.F.M.
Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Bishop Aparecido Donizete de Souza
Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Leomar Antônio Brustolin (2015)
Archbishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul
Archbishop Jaime Spengler, O.F.M. (2011)
Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri (1992)
Titular Archbishop of Diocletiana
Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q112053874

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 17 May 2022
c12: CB, 17 May 2022
c3+: CB, 19 Jul 2022
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 253, Number 20,980

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