Bishop Alexandre da Sagrada Familia Ferreira da Silva, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Bishop of Angra

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 May 1737		Born	Horta
28 Dec 1763	26.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
16 Dec 1782	45.6	Appointed	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
24 Feb 1783	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
14 Feb 1785	47.7	Appointed	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
23 Nov 1787	50.5	Resigned	Bishop of Angola e Congo, Angola
16 Mar 1815	77.8	Selected	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
18 Dec 1815	78.6	Confirmed	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
23 Apr 1818	80.9	Died	Bishop of Angra, Portugal

a priest for 54.3 years
a bishop for 35.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio Cayetano Maciel Calheiros †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Vicente do Espirito Santo, O.A.D. †
Bishop Alexandre da Silva Pedrosa Guimarães †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Alexandre da Sagrada Familia Ferreira da Silva, O.F.M. † (1783)
Archbishop Antonio Cayetano Maciel Calheiros †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Antônio de Pádua e Belas, O.F.M. †
Bishop José Nicolau de Azevedo Coutinho Gentil †

Source(s):

b: CB
b: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 201, Number 16,496
ob/ab: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 111
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 7, Page 76
obp: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 210, Additions/Corrections (front)

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