Bishop Hernaldo Pinto Farias, S.S.S.

Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Jun 1964		Born
25 Jan 1988	23.5	Professed	Member of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament
18 Jul 1992	28.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament
17 Jul 2019	55.0	Appointed	Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil
15 Sep 2019	55.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil
6 Oct 2019	55.2	Installed	Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia, Brazil

MicroData Summary
Hernaldo Pinto Farias
Bishop Hernaldo Pinto Farias S.S.S.
(born 24 Jun 1964)
Bishop of Bonfim

Event Place
Birth Place Vitória da Conquista, Diocese of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia
Ordained Bishop Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem, Church, Belo Horizonte, Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Bonfim.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo
Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Aldo di Cillo Pagotto, S.S.S. †
Archbishop Emeritus of Paraíba
Bishop Jorge Alves Bezerra, S.S.S.
Bishop of Paracatu, Minas Gerais

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo (1998)
Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Lucas (Luiz) Cardinal Moreira Neves, O.P. † (1967)
Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Eugênio Barbosa Martins, S.S.S. (2024)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q65613200

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 17 Jul 2019
ob: CB, 24 Jul 2019
c2+: CB, 30 Jul 2019
i: AM, 16 Jun 2019
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 241, Number 20,241

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