Archbishop Altamiro Rossato, C.SS.R.

Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Jun 1925		Born
27 Dec 1951	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
8 Dec 1985	60.5	Appointed	Bishop of Marabá, Para, Brazil
2 Mar 1986	60.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Marabá, Para, Brazil
15 Mar 1989	63.7	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
17 Jul 1991	66.1	Succeeded	Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
7 Feb 2001	75.6	Retired	Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Estanislau Amadeu Kreutz
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Alano Maria Pena, O.P.
Bishop Patrício José Hanrahan, C.SS.R. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Altamiro Rossato, C.SS.R. (1986)
Bishop Estanislau Amadeu Kreutz (1972)
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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop José Clemente Weber
Bishop Protógenes José Luft, S.C.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues
Bishop Jacinto Inácio Flach

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