Serafim Cardinal Fernandes de Araújo

Archbishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais

Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Aug 1924		Born	Minas Nova
12 Mar 1949	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
19 Jan 1959	34.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
19 Jan 1959	34.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Verinopolis
7 May 1959	34.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Verinopolis
22 Nov 1982	58.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5 Feb 1986	61.5	Succeeded	Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
21 Feb 1998	73.5	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Feb 1998	73.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort
28 Jan 2004	79.5	Retired	Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Consistory - 1998: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Non-Voting (Age)

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte.

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Ordained Priest by:
Luigi Cardinal Traglia †
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jose Newton de Almeida Baptista †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop João Resende (Rezende) Costa, S.D.B. †
Archbishop José Maria Pires

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Serafim Cardinal Fernandes de Araújo (1959)
Archbishop Jose Newton de Almeida Baptista † (1944)
Jaime Cardinal de Barros Câmara † (1936)
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:
Archbishop Luiz Mancilha Vilela, SS.CC.
Bishop Werner Franz Siebenbrock, S.V.D.
Archbishop Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem.
Bishop David Dias Pimentel
Bishop Décio Zandonade, S.D.B.
Bishop Geraldo Vieira Gusmão
Bishop Diamantino Prata de Carvalho, O.F.M.
Bishop Guilherme Porto
Bishop José Mauro Pereira Bastos, C.P. †
Bishop Dario Campos, O.F.M.
Bishop Antônio Roberto Cavuto, O.F.M. Cap.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Acácio Rodrigues Alves
Archbishop José Lamartine Soares †
Bishop Antônio Carlos Mesquita †
Archbishop Arnaldo Ribeiro
Archbishop Paulo Lopes de Faria
Archbishop Geraldo Majela (João José) de Castro, O. Praem.
Bishop Sebastião Roque Rabelo Mendes
Bishop Leonardo de Miranda Pereira
Bishop José Carlos de Lima Vaz, S.J. †
Bishop Diogo Reesink, O.F.M.
Archbishop Alberto Taveira Corrêa
Bishop Antonio Carlos Félix

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