Bishop Fernando Legal, S.D.B. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Dec 1931		Born
14 Mar 1959	27.2	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
8 Dec 1959	27.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
28 Mar 1980	48.2	Appointed	Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
31 May 1980	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
25 Apr 1985	53.3	Appointed	Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil
15 Mar 1989	57.2	Appointed	Bishop of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
9 Jan 2008	76.0	Retired	Bishop of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
22 Aug 2023	91.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

MicroData Summary
Fernando Legal
Bishop Fernando Legal S.D.B.
(born 17 Dec 1931, died 22 Aug 2023)
Bishop Emeritus of São Miguel Paulista

Ad Limina - November 2009: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place São Paulo, Archdiocese of São Paulo
Ordained Bishop Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora, Church, São Paulo, Archdiocese of São Paulo
Death Place São Paulo, Archdiocese of São Paulo

a priest for 63.7 years
a bishop for 43.2 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Antônio Ferreira de Macedo, C.Ss.R. †
Titular Bishop of Attuda
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Paulo Rolim Loureiro †
Titular Bishop of Bria
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Carmine Rocco †
Titular Archbishop of Iustinianopolis in Galatia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida, S.J. †
Titular Bishop of Turris in Proconsulari
Bishop Ladislau Paz, S.D.B. †
Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Carmine Rocco † (1961)
Titular Archbishop of Iustinianopolis in Galatia
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Edilson de Souza Silva (1993)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Edilson de Souza Silva (1994)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ercílio Turco † (1990)
Bishop Gorgônio Alves da Encarnação Neto, C.R. (1998)
Bishop José María Libório Camino Saracho † (1999)
Bishop Sérgio Aparecido Colombo (2002)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1406723

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 9 Jan 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 63, Number 4,909
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 73, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d/od/c01: CB, 22 Aug 2023

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