Bishop Joaquim Giovani Mol Guimarães

Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Titular Bishop of Galtelli

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jan 1960		Born
Jan 1980³	19.9	Professed	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
5 Dec 1987	27.9	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
16 Jul 1988	28.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
1992²	31.9	Incardinated	Priest of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11 Feb 2006	46.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11 Feb 2006	46.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Galtelli
25 Mar 2006	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Galtelli
24 Feb 2025	65.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
5 Nov 2025	65.8	Succeeded	Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Joaquim Giovani Mol Guimarães
Bishop Joaquim Giovani Mol Guimarães
(born 6 Jan 1960)
Bishop of Santos

Ad Limina - June 2010: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Ponte Nova, Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais
Ordained Deacon Cristo Luz dos Povos, Church, Belo Horizonte, Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Ordained Priest Ponte Nova, Archdiocese of Mariana, Minas Gerais
Ordained Bishop Ginásio de Mineirinho, Belo Horizonte, Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Santos.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Archbishop João Resende (Rezende) Costa, S.D.B. †
Archbishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Irineu Danelón, S.D.B.
Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo
Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Décio Sossai Zandonade, S.D.B.
Bishop of Colatina, Espirito Santo
Bishop Sebastião Roque Rabelo Mendes †
Titular Bishop of Ploaghe

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:
Bishop Nivaldo dos Santos Ferreira (2021)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1452333

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 11 Feb 2006
c3+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 184, Number 15,097
ab: Bollettino, 24 Feb 2025
s: Bollettino, 5 Nov 2025

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