Bishop Geraldo de Souza Rodrigues †

Deceased

Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Oct 1963		Born
28 Nov 1987	24.0	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
20 May 1988	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
25 Oct 2023	60.0	Appointed	Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil
27 Jan 2024	60.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3 Feb 2024	60.2	Installed	Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil
13 Apr 2025	61.4	Died	Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil

MicroData Summary
Geraldo de Souza Rodrigues
Bishop Geraldo de Souza Rodrigues
(born 24 Oct 1963, died 13 Apr 2025)
Bishop of Januária

Event Place
Birth Place Porto Firme, Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais
Ordained Deacon Nossa Senhora da Assunção, Cathedral, Mariana, Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais
Ordained Priest Porto Firme, Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Near, Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Church, Porto Firme, Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais
Death Place Belo Horizonte, Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais

a priest for 36.8 years
a bishop for 1.2 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Archbishop Oscar de Oliveira †
Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais
Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Oscar de Oliveira †
Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Airton José dos Santos
Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop José Carlos de Souza Campos
Archbishop of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais
Bishop Lauro Sérgio Versiani Barbosa
Bishop of Colatina, Espirito Santo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Airton José dos Santos (2002)
Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais
Bishop Décio Pereira † (1979)
Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Porto Firme, Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais
Ordained Deacon	Nossa Senhora da Assunção, Cathedral, Mariana, Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais
Ordained Priest	Porto Firme, Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais
Ordained Bishop	Open Air, Near, Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Church, Porto Firme, Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais
Death Place	Belo Horizonte, Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q123181573

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 25 Oct 2023
od/c01/loc: CB, 25 Oct 2023
ob/c2+: CB, 1 Nov 2023
i: CB, 11 Nov 2023
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 259, Number 21,393
d: CB, 14 Apr 2025

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