Archbishop João Bráz de Aviz

Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Apr 1947		Born	Matra
26 Nov 1972	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil
6 Apr 1994	47.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
6 Apr 1994	47.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Flenucleta
31 May 1994	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Flenucleta
12 Aug 1998	51.3	Appointed	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
17 Jul 2002	55.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Maringá, Parana, Brazil
28 Jan 2004	56.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
27 Mar 2004	56.9	Installed	Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
4 Jan 2011	63.7	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
18 Feb 2012	64.8	Elevated to Cardinal

Consistory - 2012: Created Cardinal

Please contact the Archbishop through the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Romeu Alberti †
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, C.M. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Silvestre Luís Scandián, S.V.D.
Bishop Acácio Rodrigues Alves †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop João Bráz de Aviz (1994)
Bishop Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, C.M. † (1975)
Archbishop Carmine Rocco † (1961)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (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 José Ronaldo Ribeiro
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Hélio Adelar Rubert
Bishop Francisco Carlos Bach
Bishop Mário Marquez, O.F.M. Cap.
Bishop Messias dos Reis Silveira
Bishop Waldemar Passini Dalbello

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 4 Jan 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 138, Number 12,323
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141
card: Bollettino, 6 Jan 2012

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