Bishop José Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B.

Bishop Emeritus of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 May 1939		Born	Massaranduba
29 Jun 1968	29.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
6 Mar 1991	51.8	Appointed	Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil
19 May 1991	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil
29 Jul 1998	59.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil
30 Aug 2000	61.3	Succeeded	Bishop of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil
19 Mar 2008	68.8	Resigned	Bishop of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Rio do Sul.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Antônio Possamai, S.D.B.
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Hilário Moser, S.D.B.
Bishop Gregório Warmeling †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop José Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B. (1991)
Bishop Antônio Possamai, S.D.B. (1983)
Bishop Gregório Warmeling † (1957)
Archbishop Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira † (1914)
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Franz Josef Meinrad Merkel, C.S.Sp.

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