Bishop José Nicolau de Azevedo Coutinho Gentil †

Deceased

Prelate Emeritus of Goiás

Titular Bishop of Zoara

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Mar 1740³		Born	Lisboa, Portugal
29 Sep 1763	23.5	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
20 Oct 1763	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
23 Jan 1782	41.8	Appointed	Prelate of Cuiabá, Brazil
18 Jul 1783	43.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Zoara
14 Dec 1783	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Zoara
7 Mar 1788	47.9	Appointed	Prelate of Goiás, Brazil
1793¹	52.8	Resigned	Prelate of Goiás, Brazil
1807¹	66.8	Died	Prelate Emeritus of Goiás, Brazil

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

a priest for 43.2 years a bishop for 23.0 years	Principal Consecrator: Bishop Alexandre da Sagrada Familia Ferreira da Silva, O.F.M. † Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop José da Avé-Maria Leite da Costa e Silva, O.Ss.T. † Bishop Domingo do Rosario, O.P. †
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop José Nicolau de Azevedo Coutinho Gentil † (1783) Bishop Alexandre da Sagrada Familia Ferreira da Silva, O.F.M. † (1783) Archbishop Antonio Cayetano Maciel Calheiros †	Principal Co-Consecrator of: Archbishop Joaquim Xavier Botelho de Lima † Bishop Gabriel Álvarez de Faria y Sánchez Zarzosa †

Source(s):

b/ob/c2+: CB, 18 Jul 2012
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 211, Number 17,477
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 6, Page 450, and Page 455

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