Bishop Constantino José Lüers, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Penedo, Alagoas

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Apr 1916		Born	Holtrup, Germany
7 Apr 1941	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
13 Apr 1973	57.0	Appointed	Prelate of Óbidos, Para, Brazil
13 Apr 1973	57.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Valliposita
17 Jun 1973	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Valliposita
24 Mar 1976	59.9	Appointed	Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
26 Jan 1994	77.8	Retired	Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
2 Jul 1997	81.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil

a priest for 56.2 years
a bishop for 24.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop José Maria Pires
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Anselmo Pietrulla, O.F.M. †
Bishop Valfredo Bernardo Tepe, O.F.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Constantino José Lüers, O.F.M. † (1973)
Archbishop José Maria Pires (1957)
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:
Bishop Hildebrando Mendes Costa
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Fernando Iório Rodrigues

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