S�rgio Cardinal da Rocha

Archbishop of S�o Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in via Flaminia

Member of the Council of Cardinals

Motto: Omnia In Charitate

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Oct 1959		Born
18 Aug 1984	24.8	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of S�o Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
14 Dec 1984	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of S�o Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
13 Jun 2001	41.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
13 Jun 2001	41.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Alba
11 Aug 2001	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Alba
31 Jan 2007	47.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil
3 Sep 2008	48.8	Succeeded	Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil
15 Jun 2011	51.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Bras�lia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
6 Aug 2011	51.7	Installed	Archbishop of Bras�lia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
19 Nov 2016	57.0	Elevated to Cardinal
19 Nov 2016	57.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in via Flaminia
23 Apr 2017	57.5	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in via Flaminia
11 Mar 2020	60.3	Appointed	Archbishop of S�o Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
5 Jun 2020	60.6	Installed	Archbishop of S�o Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
7 Mar 2023	63.3	Appointed	Member of the Council of Cardinals

MicroData Summary
S�rgio da Rocha
S�rgio Cardinal da Rocha
(born 21 Oct 1959)
Archbishop of S�o Salvador da Bahia

Event Place
Birth Place Dobrada, Diocese of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo
Ordained Deacon Santa Cruz de Mat�o, Church, S�o Paulo, Archdiocese of S�o Paulo
Ordained Priest Mat�o, Diocese of S�o Carlos, Sao Paulo
Ordained Bishop S�o Carlos Borromeu, Cathedral, S�o Carlos, Diocese of S�o Carlos, Sao Paulo

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of S�o Salvador da Bahia.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Constantino Amstalden †
Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jos� Ant�nio Aparecido Tosi Marques
Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joviano de Lima J�nior, S.S.S. †
Bishop of S�o Carlos, Sao Paulo
Bishop Bruno Gamberini †
Bishop of Bragan�a Paulista, Sao Paulo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Jos� Ant�nio Aparecido Tosi Marques (1991)
Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara
Lucas (Luiz) Cardinal Moreira Neves, O.P. † (1967)
Archbishop of S�o Salvador da Bahia
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Archbishop of S�o Paulo
Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Bishop of Campinas
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Archbishop of S�o 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 Trinit� 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

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Ant�nio Ranis Rosendo Dos Santos, C.Ss.R. (2005)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Valdir Mamede (2013)
Bishop Jos� Aparecido Gon�alves de Almeida (2013)
Bishop Marcos Ant�nio Tavoni (2014)
Bishop Jeov� Elias Ferreira (2020)
Bishop Giovani Carlos Caldas Barroca (2020)
Bishop Dorival Souza Barreto J�nior (2021)
Bishop Valter Magno de Carvalho (2021)
Bishop Juraci Gomes de Oliveira (2023)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jos� Luiz Ferreira Salles, C.Ss.R. (2006)
Archbishop Marcony Vin�cius Ferreira (2014)
Bishop Ant�nio Ederaldo de Santana (2023)
Bishop Carlos Henrique Silva Oliveira (2024)
Bishop Vicente de Paula Tavares (2024)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q37206

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 31 Jan 2007
c1: CB
s: Bollettino, 3 Sep 2008
ab: Bollettino, 15 Jun 2011
i: CB, 15 Jun 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 164, Number 14,014
card: Bollettino, 9 Oct 2016
i: Bollettino, 11 Apr 2017
ab: Bollettino, 11 Mar 2020
ab: Bollettino, 7 Mar 2023

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