Bishop João (Giovanni) Gazza, S.X. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Jul 1924		Born
29 Jun 1949	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Xaverian Missionary Fathers
12 Nov 1962	38.3	Appointed	Prelate of Abaeté do Tocantins, Para, Brazil
12 Nov 1962	38.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Circesium
8 Dec 1962	38.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Circesium
3 Jun 1966	41.8	Appointed	Superior General of Xaverian Missionary Fathers
19 Sep 1966	42.1	Resigned	Prelate of Abaeté do Tocantins, Para, Brazil
1977²	52.4	Resigned	Superior General of Xaverian Missionary Fathers
24 Nov 1980	56.3	Appointed	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
27 Mar 1993	68.6	Resigned	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
6 Dec 1998	74.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for João (Giovanni) Gazza
(WikiData: Q3767344)
Bishop João (Giovanni) Gazza S.X. (born 19 Jul 1924, died 6 Dec 1998) Bishop Emeritus of Aversa

Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Parma, Diocese of Parma (-Fontevivo)

a priest for 49.4 years
a bishop for 35.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Vicente Angelo José Marchetti Zioni †
Titular Bishop of Lauzadus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Antônio Ferreira de Macedo, C.SS.R. †
Titular Bishop of Attuda
Bishop José Melhado Campos †
Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Vicente Angelo José Marchetti Zioni † (1955)
Titular Bishop of Lauzadus
Archbishop Armando Lombardi † (1950)
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea Philippi
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Luciano Russo (1988)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Servílio Conti, I.M.C. † (1968)
Archbishop Andrea Mugione † (1988)
Bishop Nicola Comparone † (1990)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Parma, Diocese of Parma (-Fontevivo)

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1962, Number 183

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