Bishop Gregório (Leozírio) Paixão Neto, O.S.B. was named Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Filippo Santoro was named Archbishop of Taranto, Italy in November 2011.
Bishop Paixão Neto had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia.
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10 October 2012
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- D’Souza retired, Parapullil named Jhansi Bishop
- Leigue Cesari named Santa Cruz de la Sierra Auxiliary
- Flock Bever named Cochabamba Auxiliary
- Vázquez Villalobos named Puerto Escondido Bishop
- Beltran named San Fernando de La Union Bishop
- Abanto Guzmán named Peru Military Bishop
- Rolón Güepsa named Montería Bishop
- Maguengue resigned as Pemba Bishop
- Kasyna named Pelplin Bishop
- Cascio named Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-...
- Rodríguez Gómez named Valle de Chalco Bishop
- College of Cardinals (with new Designees): Notes, ...
- Consistory to Create New Cardinals!!!
- Sánchez Armijos resigned as Machala Bishop
- Talucci retired, Caliandro named Brindisi-Ostuni A...
- Gallese named Alessandria Bishop
- Palletti named La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato Bishop
- Terrio named St Paul in Alberta Bishop
- Tobin named Indianapolis Archbishop
- Paglia retired, Rama named Pinheiro Bishop
- Prada Sanmiguel resigned as Duitama-Sogamoso Bishop
- Mayugba named Laoag Bishop
- Daneels named Archbishop
- Paixão Neto named Petrópolis Bishop
- Corbellini named Marabá Bishop
- Órdenes Fernández resigned as Iquique Bishop
- Scicluna named Malta Auxiliary
- Nowacki named Denmark, Finland, and Norway Nuncio
- Frankowski retired as Sandomierz Auxiliary
- Cabrera López named Monterrey Archbishop
- Bach named São José dos Pinhais Bishop
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- Wanke resigned as Erfurt Bishop
- Schraml retired as Passau Bishop
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