Fernando Arêas Rifan
Fernando Arêas Rifan | |
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| Titular Bishop of Cedamusa Personal Apostolic Administrator of Saint John Mary Vianney | |
Rifan in 2012 | |
| Church | Latin Church |
| See | Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney |
| In office | 16 December 2002 – present |
| Predecessor | Licínio Rangel |
| Previous post | Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Saint John Mary Vianney (2002) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 8 December 1974 by Antonio de Castro Mayer |
| Consecration | 18 August 2002 by Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Licínio Rangel, and Alano Maria Pena |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 October 1950 |
| Motto | Ecce venio (Here I come) |
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Fernando Arêas Rifan (born 25 October 1950) is a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church from Campos, Brazil. Since December 2002 he has been the Apostolic Administrator of the Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney, also known as the Priestly Union of Saint Jean-Marie Vianney. For some years before 2001 he was allied with Priestly Union when it defied the Holy See by routinely using unauthorized liturgical forms and associated with the Society of St. Pius X. He helped negotiate the reconciliation of the Priestly Union with the Holy See in 2001.