Bishop Edgar Carício de Gouvêa †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jul 1921		Born
23 Jan 1944	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 Jun 1983	61.9	Appointed	Bishop of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil
8 Sep 1983	62.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil
2 Mar 1994	72.6	Resigned	Bishop of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil
12 Apr 2000	78.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Irecê, Bahia, Brazil

MicroData Summary
Edgar Carício de Gouvêa
Bishop Edgar Carício de Gouvêa
(born 1 Jul 1921, died 12 Apr 2000)
Bishop Emeritus of Irecê

Event Place
Ordained Bishop Holy Family, Cathedral, Bom Conselho

a priest for 56.2 years
a bishop for 16.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Acácio Rodrigues Alves †
Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Tiago Postma †
Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco
Archbishop Milton Corrêa Pereira †
Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Acácio Rodrigues Alves † (1962)
Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco
Bishop José Adelino Dantas † (1952)
Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco
Archbishop Marcolino Esmeraldo de Souza Dantas † (1929)
Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
Archbishop Augusto Álvaro da Silva † (1911)
Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
Archbishop Luís Raimundo da Silva Brito † (1901)
Archbishop of Olinda
Archbishop Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti † (1890)
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q16930055

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 82, Number 6,745

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