Licínio Rangel

Licínio Rangel (5 January 1936 – 16 December 2002) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop, from Campos, Brazil.

His Excellency The Right Reverend Licínio Rangel
Titular Bishop of Zarna and Personal Apostolic Administrator of Saint John Mary Vianney
Licínio Rangel
Church	Roman Catholic
See	Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney
In office	18 January 2002 – 16 December 2002
Successor	Fernando Arêas Rifan
Personal details
Born	(1936-01-05)January 5, 1936 Campos, Brazil
Died	December 16, 2002(2002-12-16) (aged 66)

He was a member of the Society of Saint Pius X, when he was consecrated a bishop without papal mandate, on July 28, 1991 at São Fidelis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, assisted by Alfonso de Galarreta and Richard Williamson, all three of the Society of St. Pius X and was excommunicated latae sententiae. 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.[1]

On August 15, 2001, Bishop Rangel, together with 25 priests, reconciled with the Holy See. He addressed a letter to Pope John Paul II in which he expressed an act confirming full submission to and communion with Rome. The Pope created the Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney, and appointed him the apostolic administrator for the pastoral care of the faithful who remain attached to the Tridentine Liturgy. He held the title of Titular Bishop of Zarna from 2002 until his death.[2]

Because of his health, he asked for an auxiliary bishop. The Pope instead instructed Bishop Rangel to ask for a coadjutor bishop. Fernando Rifan was chosen to be this new coadjutor, and after Bishop Rangel's death, in 2002, he was automatically succeeded by Bishop Rifan.