Bishop Fernando Arêas Rifan

Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Titular Bishop of Cedamusa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Oct 1950		Born
8 Dec 1974	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
28 Jun 2002	51.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
28 Jun 2002	51.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cedamusa
18 Aug 2002	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cedamusa
16 Dec 2002	52.1	Succeeded	Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

MicroData Summary
Fernando Arêas Rifan
Bishop Fernando Arêas Rifan
(born 25 Oct 1950)
Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney

Ad Limina - September 2010: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place São Fidelis, Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Ordained Bishop Fundação Rural de Campos, Campos dos Goytacazes

Please contact the Bishop through the Apostolic Administration of São João Maria Vianney.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Darío Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos †
Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alano Maria Pena, O.P.
Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro
Bishop Licínio Rangel, O.V.S. †
Titular Bishop of Zarna

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Darío Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos † (1971)
Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano
Archbishop Angelo Palmas † (1964)
Titular Archbishop of Vibiana
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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):

VIAF: 69253250
WikiData: Q1363341

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 168, Number 14,239
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 236, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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