Licínio Rangel

His Excellency The Right Reverend

Licínio Rangel
Titular Bishop of Zarna and Personal Apostolic Administrator of Saint John Mary Vianney
Licínio Rangel
ChurchRoman Catholic
SeePersonal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney
In office18 January 2002 – 16 December 2002
SuccessorFernando Arêas Rifan
Orders
Ordination24 September 1967
by Antônio de Castro Mayer
Consecration28 July 1991
by Bernard Tissier de Mallerais
Personal details
Born(1936-01-05)January 5, 1936
Campos, Brazil
DiedDecember 16, 2002(2002-12-16) (aged 66)
Ordination history of
Licínio Rangel
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byAntônio de Castro Mayer
Date24 September 1967
PlaceMost Holy Saviour Cathedral, Campos dos Goytacazes
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorBernard Tissier de Mallerais
Co-consecratorsAlfonso de Galarreta,
Richard Williamson
DateJuly 28, 1991
PlaceSão Fidélis

Licínio Rangel (5 January 1936 – 16 December 2002) was a Brazilian who was consecrated a bishop without papal authorization in 1991 and later reconciled with the Holy See.

Biography

Rangel was born in Campos, Brazil, on 5 January 1936.

He was ordained in 1991 in São Fidélis, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, even as the Vatican was threatening those involved with excommunication.[1]

He was consecrated a bishop without a papal mandate on 28 July 1991 at São Fidélis in Rio de Janeiro by Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, assisted by Alfonso de Galarreta and Richard Williamson,[2] all three members of the Society of St. Pius X who were themselves consecrated bishops without papal mandate and thus excommunicated from the Catholic Church. For his participation in this unauthorized rite of consecration he was excommunicated latae sententiae.[2]

He succeeded Bishop Antônio de Castro Mayer in 1991 as superior of the Priestly Society of Saint John Mary Vianney, an association of priests in the diocese of Campos, Brazil.[3]

On 15 August 2001, Rangel together with all 25 of the member priests reconciled with the Holy See. He addressed a letter to Pope John Paul II in which he confirmed his full submission to and communion with Rome.[2] Pope John Paul responded on 25 December welcoming them into full communion with the Church and withdrawing any censures imposed on them. He also created the Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney on that day, with its territory matching that of the Diocese of Campos, and granted its members the right to celebrate Mass in the form instituted by Pope Pius V as amended by Pope John XXIII.[4]

On 18 January 2002, Pope John Paul appointed Rangel its apostolic administrator and titular bishop of Zarna.[5]

Rangel died in Campos of kidney cancer on 16 December 2002.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Licinio Rangel, obispo integrista brasileño". El País (in Spanish). 24 December 2002. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Ohly, Christoph (2014). "Personaladministration und Personalordinariat. Neue verfassungsrechtliche Strukturen im Hinblick auf die Entwicklung eines ökumenischen Kirchenrechts". In Rees, Wilhelm (ed.). Ökumene (in German). LIT Verlag Münster. p. 109. ISBN 9783643505545. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  3. ^ Hall, Nicole (2003). "Old Right Renaissance". CIEL-UK. Archived from the original on 2006-04-26. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Comunicato: Ritorno alla Piens Comunione dei Membri dell'Unione San Giovanni Maria Vianney di Campos in Brasile, 18.01.2002" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 18 January 2002. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine (continuazione), 18.01.2002" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 18 January 2002. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
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