Archbishop Greg�rio (Leoz�rio) Ben L�med Paix�o (Neto), O.S.B.

Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Nov 1964		Born
7 Dec 1986	22.0	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
18 Jun 1992	27.6	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Order of Saint Benedict
21 Mar 1993	28.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
7 Jun 2006	41.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of S�o Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
7 Jun 2006	41.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ficus
29 Jul 2006	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ficus
10 Oct 2012	47.9	Appointed	Bishop of Petr�polis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
16 Dec 2012	48.1	Installed	Bishop of Petr�polis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
11 Oct 2023	58.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
15 Dec 2023	59.1	Installed	Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

MicroData Summary for Greg�rio (Leoz�rio) Ben L�med Paix�o (Neto)
(VIAF: 33192745; WikiData: Q1545438)
Archbishop Greg�rio (Leoz�rio) Ben L�med Paix�o (Neto) O.S.B. (born 3 Nov 1964) Archbishop of Fortaleza

Ad Limina - September 2010: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Aracaju, Archdiocese of Aracaj�, Sergipe
Ordained Bishop Cathedral Basilica, Salvador, Archdiocese of S�o Salvador da Bahia

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Fortaleza.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Ricardo Jos� Weberberger, O.S.B. †
Bishop of Barreiras, Bahia
Ordained Priest by:
Lucas (Luiz) Cardinal Moreira Neves, O.P. †
Archbishop of S�o Salvador da Bahia
Principal Consecrator:
Geraldo Majella Cardinal Agnelo †
Archbishop of S�o Salvador da Bahia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jo�o Carlos Petrini
Titular Bishop of Augurus
Bishop Josaf� Menezes da Silva
Titular Bishop of Gummi in Byzacena

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Geraldo Majella Cardinal Agnelo † (1978)
Archbishop of S�o Salvador da Bahia
Paulo Evaristo Cardinal Arns, O.F.M. † (1966)
Archbishop of S�o Paulo
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Aracaju, Archdiocese of Aracaj�, Sergipe
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral Basilica, Salvador, Archdiocese of S�o Salvador da Bahia

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 7 Jun 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 186, Number 15,215
ab: Bollettino, 10 Oct 2012
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 257, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ab: Bollettino, 11 Oct 2023
i: AK, 16 Oct 2023

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