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,

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, on 5 January 1936. He was ordained in 1991 in

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, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, even as the Vatican was threatening those involved with excommunication. He was consecrated a bishop without a papal mandate on 28 July 1991 at São Fidélis in

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, assisted by Alfonso de Galarreta and Richard Williamson, 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

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''. 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. On 15 August 2001, Rangel together with all 25 of the member priests reconciled with the

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. He addressed a letter to

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in which he confirmed his full submission to and communion with Rome. 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 The Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney () was established on 18 January 2002 by Pope John Paul II for traditionalist Catholic clergy and laity within the Diocese of Campos in Brazil. It is the only personal apostoli ...

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

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as amended by

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. On 18 January 2002, Pope John Paul appointed Rangel its

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and titular bishop of Zarna. Rangel died in Campos of kidney cancer on 16 December 2002.

References

;Additional sources * This report anticipates the events of 18 January 2002.

External Links

* https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/brangel.html * https://gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/zjoa3.htm?focus=2729&tab=bishops {{DEFAULTSORT:Rangel, Licinio 1936 births 2002 deaths Brazilian traditionalist Catholics People excommunicated by the Catholic Church Traditionalist Catholic bishops Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney 20th-century Brazilian Roman Catholic priests Former members of the Society of Saint Pius X People from Campos dos Goytacazes 20th-century Roman Catholic titular bishops 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil Deaths from kidney cancer in Brazil