Bishop Gerardo de Andrade Ponte †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Patos, Paraiba

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Dec 1924		Born	Fortaleza
8 Dec 1948	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 Feb 1975	50.2	Appointed	Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
17 Aug 1975	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil
5 Dec 1983	59.0	Appointed	Bishop of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil
8 Aug 2001	76.7	Retired	Bishop of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil
25 May 2006	81.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil

a priest for 57.5 years
a bishop for 30.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho
Bishop Manuel Edmilson da Cruz

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gerardo de Andrade Ponte † (1975)
Archbishop Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte (1971)
Archbishop José de Medeiros Delgado † (1941)
Archbishop Moisés Ferreira Coelho † (1915)
Archbishop Adauctus Aurélio de Miranda Henriques † (1894)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Manoel dos Reis de Farias

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