Bishop João Batista Muniz, C.Ss.R. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Jan 1900		Born
2 Aug 1921	21.5	Professed	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
22 Sep 1926	26.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
24 Aug 1942	42.6	Appointed	Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil
15 Nov 1942	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil
9 Dec 1966	66.9	Resigned	Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil
9 Dec 1966	66.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Velefi
16 Mar 1971	71.1	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Velefi
10 Dec 1977	77.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil

MicroData Summary
João Batista Muniz
Bishop João Batista Muniz C.Ss.R.
(born 14 Jan 1900, died 10 Dec 1977)
Bishop Emeritus of Barra (do Rio Grande)

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

Event Place
Birth Place São Sebastião da Chacara

a priest for 51.2 years
a bishop for 35.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. †
Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Rodolfo das Mercés de Oliveira Pena †
Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro
Bishop Justino José de Sant’Ana †
Bishop of Juiz de Fora

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. † (1918)
Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais
Archbishop Angelo Giacinto Scapardini, O.P. † (1909)
Titular Archbishop of Damascus
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Antônio Ferreira de Macedo, C.Ss.R. † (1955)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q30166329

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1942, Number 59

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