José Cardinal Freire Falcão

Archbishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal

Cardinal-Priest of S. Luca a Via Prenestina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Oct 1925		Born	Ereré
19 Jun 1949	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil
24 Apr 1967	41.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil
24 Apr 1967	41.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vardimissa
17 Jun 1967	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Vardimissa
19 Aug 1967	41.8	Succeeded	Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil
25 Nov 1971	46.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil
15 Feb 1984	58.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
28 Jun 1988	62.7	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Jun 1988	62.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Luca a Via Prenestina
28 Jan 2004	78.3	Retired	Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

Consistory - 1988: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Brasília.

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Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop José de Medeiros Delgado †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Vicente de Paulo Araújo Matos †
Bishop José Mauro Ramalho de Alarcón Santiago

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

José Cardinal Freire Falcão (1967)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Pompeu Bezerra Bessa †
Archbishop Raymundo Damasceno Assis
Bishop Agostinho Stefan Januszewicz, O.F.M. Conv.
Bishop Jésus Rocha †
Bishop Francisco de Paula Victor
Bishop João Casimiro Wilk, O.F.M. Conv.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop José Gonzalez Alonso
Bishop José Ronaldo Ribeiro

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