Bishop Benedito Zorzi †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 May 1908		Born
30 Nov 1933	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Caxias, Brazil
3 Aug 1946	38.1	Appointed	Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
30 Nov 1946	38.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil
24 Jun 1952	44.0	Appointed	Bishop of Caxias, Brazil
26 May 1983	74.9	Retired	Bishop of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2 Dec 1988	80.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

MicroData Summary
Benedito Zorzi
Bishop Benedito Zorzi
(born 27 May 1908, died 2 Dec 1988)
Bishop Emeritus of Caxias do Sul

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Nova Pádua, Archdiocese of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Ordained Bishop São Francisco de Paula, Cathedral, Pelotas, Diocese of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul

a priest for 55.0 years
a bishop for 42.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Antônio Zattera †
Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop José Baréa †
Bishop of Caxias
Bishop Cândido Julio Bampi, O.F.M. Cap. †
Titular Bishop of Tlos

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Antônio Zattera † (1942)
Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul
Archbishop João Batista Becker † (1908)
Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Bishop Cláudio José Gonçalves Ponce de Leão, C.M. † (1881)
Bishop of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul
Archbishop Angelo Di Pietro † (1866)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Osório Claudio Bebber, O.F.M. Cap. † (1955)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Lúcio Ignácio Baumgaertner † (1983)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Alonso Silveira de Mello, S.J. † (1955)
Aloísio Leo Arlindo Cardinal Lorscheider, O.F.M. † (1962)
Bishop Angelo Félix Mugnol † (1966)
Bishop Jayme Henrique Chemello † (1969)
Bishop Orlando Octacílio Dotti, O.F.M. Cap. (1969)
Bishop Nei Paulo Moretto † (1973)
Bishop Luiz Colussi † (1978)
Archbishop Clóvis Frainer, O.F.M. Cap. † (1978)
Bishop Osório Claudio Bebber, O.F.M. Cap. † (1980)
Bishop Laurindo Guizzardi, C.S. † (1982)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 121100311
WikiData: Q16497754

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1946, Number 101

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