Bishop Antônio Soares Costa †

Deceased

Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Jun 1930		Born	Nova Cruz
8 Dec 1955	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
25 Nov 1971	41.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
25 Nov 1971	41.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Synnada in Mauretania
6 Feb 1972	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Synnada in Mauretania
27 Oct 1993	63.4	Appointed	Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil
7 Jun 2002	72.0	Died	Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil

a priest for 46.5 years
a bishop for 30.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Nivaldo Monte †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Manuel Tavares de Araújo †
Bishop Gentil Diniz Barreto †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Antônio Soares Costa † (1972)
Archbishop Nivaldo Monte † (1963)
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)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (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:
Archbishop Luis Gonzaga Silva Pepeu, O.F.M. Cap.

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