Bishop Luís Cerqueira, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1552²		Born
1575²	23.0	Entered	Member of Society of Jesus
1589²	37.0	Professed	Member of Society of Jesus
29 Jan 1593	41.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
29 Jan 1593	41.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tiberias
Nov 1593³	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tiberias
18 Feb 1598	46.1	Succeeded	Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
15 Feb 1614	62.1	Died	Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Luís Cerqueira
(VIAF: 54537784; WikiData: Q10321362)
Bishop Luís Cerqueira S.J. (born 1552, died 15 Feb 1614) Bishop of Funay (Funai)

Event Place
Birth Place Vila de Alvito, Archdiocese of Évora, Portugal
Ordained Bishop Évora, Archdiocese of Évora, Portugal
Death Place Nagasaki

a bishop for 20.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Teotónio de Bragança, S.J. †
Archbishop of Évora
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Cornelius Ryan (O’Mulrian), O.F.M. Obs. †
Bishop of Killaloe

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Teotónio de Bragança, S.J. †
Archbishop of Évora

Event	Place
Birth Place	Vila de Alvito, Archdiocese of Évora, Portugal
Ordained Bishop	Évora, Archdiocese of Évora, Portugal
Death Place	Nagasaki

Source(s):

b/c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1593, Number 18
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 191, and Page 336
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 72, Number 5,700
ob/c23: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 87, Number 7,257

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a bishop for 20.2 years	Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Teotónio de Bragança, S.J. † Archbishop of Évora Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Cornelius Ryan (O’Mulrian), O.F.M. Obs. † Bishop of Killaloe
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Teotónio de Bragança, S.J. † Archbishop of Évora