Bishop André de Witte †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Dec 1944		Born
6 Jul 1968	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
8 Jun 1994	49.4	Appointed	Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil
28 Aug 1994	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil
15 Apr 2020	75.2	Retired	Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil
25 Apr 2021	76.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil

MicroData Summary for André de Witte
(WikiData: Q384379)
Bishop André de Witte (born 31 Dec 1944, died 25 Apr 2021) Bishop Emeritus of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa)

Ad Limina - September 2010: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Scheldewindeke, Diocese of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Divino Espírito Santo, Church, Inhambupe, Diocese of Alagoinhas, Bahia
Death Place São Salvador da Bahia, Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia

a priest for 52.8 years
a bishop for 26.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel †
Titular Bishop of Synaus
Principal Consecrator:
Lucas (Luiz) Cardinal Moreira Neves, O.P. †
Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jaime Mota de Farias †
Bishop of Alagoinhas, Bahia
Bishop Arthur Luysterman
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado (2000)

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 140, Number 12,432
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 168, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 15 Apr 2020
d: CB, 26 Apr 2021
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Necrology (back)
bpd/opd/c1: CB, 12 Aug 2024

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