Bishop José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos

Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 May 1963		Born
19 Aug 1989	26.2	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
9 Dec 1989	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
21 Mar 2012	48.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
21 Mar 2012	48.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Canapium
11 Jun 2012	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Canapium
1 Feb 2015	51.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
8 Jul 2015	52.1	Appointed	Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil

MicroData Summary
José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos
Bishop José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos
(born 12 May 1963)
Bishop of Sobral

Event Place
Birth Place Garanhuns

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Sobral.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Tiago Postma †
Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães, C.Ss.R.
Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques
Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara
Bishop Bernardino Marchió
Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães, C.Ss.R. (2008)
Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco
Cláudio Aury Affonso Cardinal Hummes, O.F.M. † (1975)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana
Archbishop Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider, O.F.M. † (1962)
Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara
Archbishop Alfredo Vicente Scherer † (1947)
Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Archbishop Carlo Chiarlo † (1928)
Titular Archbishop of Amida
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Agnaldo Temóteo da Silveira (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Father Antônio Carlos do Nascimento (2026)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1709378

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 21 Mar 2012
od/ob/c1+: CB, 21 Mar 2012
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 210, Number 17,444
ab: Bollettino, 8 Jul 2015

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