Bishop Giovanni Cefai, M.S.S.P.

Prelate of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané, Peru

Apostolic Administrator of Juli

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Aug 1967		Born
1984²	16.4	Entered	Member of Missionary Society of St. Paul
23 Oct 1994	27.2	Solemn Vows	Member of Missionary Society of St. Paul
6 Dec 1997	30.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionary Society of St. Paul
3 Apr 2019	51.6	Appointed	Prelate of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané, Peru
22 Jun 2019	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Prelate of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané, Peru
30 Jun 2019	51.9	Installed	Prelate of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané, Peru
25 Sep 2025	58.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Juli, Peru

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Giovanni Cefai
Bishop Giovanni Cefai M.S.S.P.
(born 5 Aug 1967)
Prelate of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané

Event Place
Birth Place Zebbug, Diocese of Gozo, Malta
Ordained Priest Cathedral, Gozo, Diocese of Gozo, Malta
Ordained Bishop Cathedral Basilica, Arequipa, Archdiocese of Arequipa

Please contact the Bishop through the Territorial Prelature of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Nikol Joseph Cauchi †
Bishop of Gozo
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Javier Augusto Del Río Alba
Archbishop of Arequipa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Nicola Girasoli
Titular Archbishop of Egnazia Appula
Archbishop Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M.
Archbishop of Trujillo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Javier Augusto Del Río Alba (2004)
Archbishop of Arequipa
Bishop Miguel Irizar Campos, C.P. † (1972)
Bishop of Callao
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio
Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Bishop of Campinas
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Archbishop of São Paulo
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q62690590

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 3 Apr 2019
c1: CB, 3 Apr 2019
ob: CB, 5 Apr 2019
c2: CB, 17 Jun 2019
c34: CB, 22 Jun 2019
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 240, Number 20,163

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