Bishop Rubens Augusto de Souza Espínola

Bishop Emeritus of Paranavaí, Parana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Jun 1928		Born	São Carlos
8 Dec 1953	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
20 Dec 1980	52.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias, Brazil
20 Dec 1980	52.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bilta
19 Mar 1981	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bilta
12 Oct 1985	57.3	Appointed	Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil
3 Dec 2003	75.5	Retired	Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Paranavaí.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Ruy Serra †
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Carmine Rocco †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ruy Serra †
Bishop Estanislau Arnoldo Van Melis, C.P. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Rubens Augusto de Souza Espínola (1981)
Archbishop Carmine Rocco † (1961)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques
Bishop Elizeu de Morais Pimentel †

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