Bishop Joel Portella Amado

Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Oct 1954		Born
12 Oct 1982	28.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
7 Dec 2016	62.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
7 Dec 2016	62.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Carmeiano (Cameiano)
28 Jan 2017	62.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Carmeiano (Cameiano)
31 Jan 2024	69.3	Appointed	Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
9 Mar 2024	69.4	Installed	Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

MicroData Summary
Joel Portella Amado
Bishop Joel Portella Amado
(born 2 Oct 1954)
Bishop of Petrópolis

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

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Petrópolis.

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:
Orani João Cardinal Tempesta, O. Cist.
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Assis Lopes
Titular Bishop of Zaraï
Archbishop Filippo Santoro
Archbishop of Taranto

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Orani João Cardinal 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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Dirceu de Oliveira Medeiros (2021)
Bishop José Maria Pereira (2025)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 117150323645909971134
WikiData: Q27972720

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 7 Dec 2016
ob/c2: CB, 7 Dec 2016
c34: CB, 28 Jan 2017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 231, Number 19,326
ab: Bollettino, 31 Jan 2024
c1/i: AK, 3 Feb 2024

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