Bishop Edgar Moreira da Cunha, S.D.V.

Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Aug 1953		Born
11 Feb 1975	21.4	Professed	Member of Society of Divine Vocations
11 Feb 1979	25.4	Perpetual Vows	Member of Society of Divine Vocations
27 Mar 1982	28.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Divine Vocations
27 Jun 2003	49.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
27 Jun 2003	49.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ucres
3 Sep 2003	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ucres
3 Jul 2014	60.8	Appointed	Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
24 Sep 2014	61.0	Installed	Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

MicroData Summary for Edgar Moreira da Cunha
(WikiData: Q1284057)
Bishop Edgar Moreira da Cunha S.D.V. (born 21 Aug 1953) Bishop of Fall River

Event Place
Birth Place Riachão do Jacuípe, Bahia, Archdiocese of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
Ordained Priest Saint Michael, Church, Newark, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey
Ordained Bishop Sacred Heart, Cathedral Basilica, Newark, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Fall River.

a priest for years
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Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joseph Abel Francis, S.V.D. †
Titular Bishop of Valliposita
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Joseph Myers †
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York
Bishop Arthur Joseph Serratelli
Titular Bishop of Enera

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Joseph Myers † (1987)
Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey
Bishop Edward William O’Rourke † (1971)
Bishop of Peoria, Illinois
John Patrick Cardinal Cody † (1947)
Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois
Archbishop Joseph Elmer Ritter † (1933)
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Bishop Joseph Chartrand † (1910)
Bishop of Indianapolis, Indiana
Archbishop Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. † (1892)
Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 José Ionilton Lisboa de Oliveira, S.D.V. (2017)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Riachão do Jacuípe, Bahia, Archdiocese of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
Ordained Priest	Saint Michael, Church, Newark, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey
Ordained Bishop	Sacred Heart, Cathedral Basilica, Newark, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 172, Number 14,448
ab: Bollettino, 3 Jul 2014
i: CB, 3 Jul 2014
bp: CB, 7 May 2017
op.loc: CB, 25 Oct 2022

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