Bishop Irineu Gassen, O.F.M.

Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Nov 1942		Born	Santa Cruz do Sul
2 Feb 1966	23.2	Solemn Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor
27 Jul 1968	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
28 May 2008	65.5	Appointed	Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
27 Jul 2008	65.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
24 Aug 2008	65.8	Installed	Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Vacaria.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Cláudio Cardinal Hummes, O.F.M.
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Orlando Octacílio Dotti, O.F.M. Cap.
Bishop Aloísio Sinésio Bohn

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Irineu Gassen, O.F.M. (2008)
Cláudio Cardinal Hummes, O.F.M. (1975)
Aloísio Leo Arlindo Cardinal Lorscheider, O.F.M. † (1962)
Alfredo Vicente Cardinal Scherer † (1947)
Carlo Cardinal Chiarlo † (1928)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
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 †

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