Bishop Gregório (Leozírio) Paixão Neto, O.S.B.

Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia

Titular Bishop of Ficus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Nov 1964		Born	Aracaju
7 Dec 1986	22.1	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
18 Jun 1992	27.6	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Order of Saint Benedict
21 Mar 1993	28.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
7 Jun 2006	41.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
7 Jun 2006	41.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ficus
29 Jul 2006	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ficus

Please contact the Bishop through the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Ricardo José Weberberger, O.S.B.
Ordained Priest by:
Lucas Cardinal Moreira Neves, O.P. †
Principal Consecrator:
Geraldo Majella Cardinal Agnelo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop João Carlos Petrini
Bishop Josafá Menezes da Silva

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gregório (Leozírio) Paixão Neto, O.S.B. (2006)
Geraldo Majella Cardinal Agnelo (1978)
Paulo Evaristo Cardinal Arns, O.F.M. (1966)
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Archbishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva, Paulista † (1904)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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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