Fernando Arêas Rifan

Fernando Arêas Rifan 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.

25 October 1950

Born on the same birth date (25 October 1950): Anne Alvaro • Chris Norman • Francisco Oscar Lamolina • John Matuszak

Born on the same birth day (25 October): Agustín Julio • Alfred Klingler • Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton • Eddie Lang • Francisco Oscar Lamolina • Georg Schumann (composer) • Krzysztof Piesiewicz • Kōtarō Tanaka (judge) • Valdir Benedito

Born in the same month (October 1950): Elpida (singer) • Francisco Oscar Lamolina • Howard Rollins • John Candy • Ludo Delcroix • Michael Driscoll (economist) • Nora Roberts • Patty Murray • Phil Chenier • President of Guyana • Randy Quaid • Reichi Nakaido • Robert "Kool" Bell • Zaha Hadid