João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Évora

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Oct 1715		Born	Lisbon
15 May 1740	24.6	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
22 May 1740	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
28 Mar 1746	30.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
28 Mar 1746	30.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus)
8 Apr 1746	30.5	Succeeded	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
29 Jun 1746	30.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
24 Mar 1760	44.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
6 Aug 1770	54.8	Elevated to Cardinal
31 Jan 1783	67.3	Died	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal

Consistory - August 1770: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1774/1775: Unable to Participate

a priest for 42.7 years
a bishop for 36.6 years
a cardinal for 12.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop José Dantas Barbosa †
Bishop João da Cruz Salgado de Castilho, O.C.D. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. † (1746)
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Nuno Cardinal da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Archbishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Veríssimo Cardinal de Lencastre †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Nicolau Joaquim Torel da Cunha Manuel †
Bishop José de Jesus Maria Cayetano Carvalho, O.P. †
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.S.A. †
Bishop António Joaquim Torrão †
Bishop José Joaquim Justiniano Mascarenhas Castello Branco †
Bishop Tomaz da Encarnação da Costa e Lima, C.R.S.A. †
Bishop António Freire Gameiro de Sousa †
Bishop Francisco de Lemos de Faria Pereira Coutinho †

Source(s):

c2+: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 6 Aug 1770

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