Bishop Bruno Varriano, O.F.M.

Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

Titular Bishop of Astigi

Patriarchal Vicar of Cyprus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Sep 1971		Born
18 Mar 1997	25.4	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy
30 Aug 1997	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy
5 Oct 2003	32.0	Solemn Vows	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
11 Aug 2022	50.8	Appointed	Patriarchal Vicar of Cyprus
9 Jan 2024	52.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
9 Jan 2024	52.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Astigi
16 Mar 2024	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Astigi

MicroData Summary
Bruno Varriano
Bishop Bruno Varriano O.F.M.
(born 25 Sep 1971)
Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}

Event Place
Birth Place São Paulo, Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil
Ordained Bishop Filoxenia Conference Center, Nicosia, Archeparchy of Cyprus (Maronite)

Please contact the Bishop through the Patriarchate of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Pierbattista Cardinal Pizzaballa, O.F.M.
Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Fortunato Cardinal Frezza
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata
Archbishop Selim Jean Sfeir
Archbishop of Cyprus (Maronite)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pierbattista Cardinal Pizzaballa, O.F.M. (2016)
Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Leonardo Cardinal Sandri (1997)
Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari
Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
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):

VIAF: 58158185827920062857
WikiData: Q124218499

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 9 Jan 2024
od/bd: CB, 9 Jan 2024
ob/c2+: CB, 9 Feb 2024
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 259, Number 21,433

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