Archbishop Miguel da Madre de Deus da Cruz, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 May 1739		Born	Villa da Torre de Moncorvo, Portugal
24 Sep 1763	24.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
17 Dec 1791	52.6	Appointed	Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
29 Apr 1792	53.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
22 Jan 1795	55.7	Resigned	Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
1 Dec 1814	75.6	Selected	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
4 Sep 1815	76.3	Confirmed	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
20 Aug 1827	88.3	Died	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 7, Page 117

a priest for 63.9 years a bishop for 35.3 years	Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Domingos da Encarnação Pontevel, O.P. †
	Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Joaquim de Meneses e Ataide, O.S.A. † Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Joaquim Maria Mascarenhas Castello Branco † Bishop José Caetano da Silva Coutinho †