Archbishop José Palmeira Lessa

Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Jan 1942		Born	Coruripe
3 Jul 1968	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
21 Jun 1982	40.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
21 Jun 1982	40.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sita
24 Aug 1982	40.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sita
30 Oct 1987	45.8	Appointed	Bishop of Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil
6 Dec 1996	54.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
26 Aug 1998	56.6	Succeeded	Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Aracajú.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Eugênio Cardinal de Araújo Sales
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop José Alberto Lopes de Castro Pinto †
Archbishop Celso José Pinto da Silva

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop José Palmeira Lessa (1982)
Eugênio Cardinal de Araújo Sales (1954)
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 José Haring, O.F.M.
Bishop Marco Eugênio Galrão Leite de Almeida
Bishop Carlos Alberto dos Santos
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jaime Mota de Farias
Bishop Mário Rino Sivieri
Bishop Dulcênio Fontes de Matos

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