Bishop João (Giovanni) Gazza, S.X. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Aversa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Jul 1924		Born	Parma, Italy
29 Jun 1949	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Xaverian Missionary Fathers
12 Nov 1962	38.3	Appointed	Prelate of Abaeté do Tocantins, Para, Brazil
12 Nov 1962	38.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Circesium
8 Dec 1962	38.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Circesium
19 Sep 1966	42.2	Appointed	Superior General of Xaverian Missionary Fathers
1977	52.5	Resigned	Superior General of Xaverian Missionary Fathers
24 Nov 1980	56.3	Appointed	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
27 Mar 1993	68.7	Resigned	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
6 Dec 1998	74.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy

a priest for 49.4 years
a bishop for 36.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Vicente Angelo José Marchetti Zioni †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Antônio Ferreira de Macedo, C.SS.R. †
Bishop José Melhado Campos †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop João (Giovanni) Gazza, S.X. † (1962)
Archbishop Vicente Angelo José Marchetti Zioni † (1955)
Bishop Armando Lombardi † (1950)
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Servílio Conti, I.M.C.
Archbishop Andrea Mugione
Bishop Nicola Comparone †

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