Bishop Genival Saraiva de França

Bishop Emeritus of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Apr 1938		Born
1 Jan 1965	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil
12 Jul 2000	62.2	Appointed	Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil
23 Sep 2000	62.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil
19 Mar 2014	75.9	Retired	Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil
6 Jul 2016	78.2	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Paraíba, Brazil
20 May 2017	79.1	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Paraíba, Brazil
26 Oct 2018	80.5	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil
10 Mar 2019	80.9	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas, Brazil

MicroData Summary
Genival Saraiva de França
Bishop Genival Saraiva de França
(born 3 Apr 1938)
Bishop Emeritus of Palmares

Ad Limina - September 2009: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Alcantil
Ordained Bishop Ginásio de Esportes “O Meninão”, Palmares, Diocese of Palmares, Pernambuco

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Palmares.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Manuel Pereira da Costa †
Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Luís Gonzaga Fernandes †
Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop José Ivo Lorscheiter †
Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul
Bishop Acácio Rodrigues Alves †
Bishop Emeritus of Palmares, Pernambuco

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Luís Gonzaga Fernandes † (1965)
Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba
Archbishop João Batista da Mota e Albuquerque † (1957)
Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo
Jaime Cardinal de Barros Câmara † (1936)
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Archbishop Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira † (1914)
Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1502269

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 160, Number 13,844
r: Bollettino, 19 Mar 2014
ab: CB, 6 Jul 2016
aadm: CB, 1 Nov 2018

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