Bishop Nivaldo dos Santos Ferreira

Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Titular Bishop of Thiava

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Jun 1967		Born
27 May 1995	27.9	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
18 May 1996	28.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
23 Dec 2020	53.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
23 Dec 2020	53.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thiava
11 Feb 2021	53.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thiava

MicroData Summary
Nivaldo dos Santos Ferreira
Bishop Nivaldo dos Santos Ferreira
(born 3 Jun 1967)
Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte

Event Place
Birth Place Barbacena, Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais
Ordained Deacon Santo Antônio, Church, Jaraguá
Ordained Priest São Sebastião, Church, Barro Preto
Ordained Bishop Cristo Rei, Cathedral, Belo Horizonte, Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais

Please contact the Bishop through the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Serafim Cardinal Fernandes de Araújo †
Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Ordained Priest by:
Serafim Cardinal Fernandes de Araújo †
Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo
Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joaquim Giovani Mol Guimarães
Titular Bishop of Galtelli
Bishop Vicente de Paula Ferreira, C.Ss.R.
Titular Bishop of Castra Nova

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo (1998)
Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
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:
Father Evandro Campos Maria (2026)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q104438588

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 23 Dec 2020
od/ob/c01: CB, 23 Dec 2020
c2+: CB, 12 Jan 2021
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 247, Number 20,600

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