Bishop António Antunes †

Deceased

Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Nov 1875		Born
17 Jul 1898	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
12 Sep 1919	43.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
12 Sep 1919	43.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rhithymna
27 Dec 1919	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Rhithymna
13 Jun 1924	48.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
1 Mar 1936	60.2	Succeeded	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
20 Jul 1948	72.6	Died	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal

MicroData Summary
António Antunes
Bishop António Antunes
(born 16 Nov 1875, died 20 Jul 1948)
Bishop of Coimbra

Event Place
Birth Place Barreira

a priest for 50.0 years
a bishop for 28.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Manuel Luís Coelho da Silva †
Bishop of Coimbra
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop João Evangelista de Lima Vidal †
Titular Archbishop of Mitylene
Bishop José Alves Matoso †
Bishop of Guarda

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Manuel Luís Coelho da Silva † (1915)
Bishop of Coimbra
Bishop António José de Souza Barroso † (1891)
Bishop of Porto
José Sebastião (d’Almeida) Cardinal Neto, O.F.M. Disc. † (1880)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Archbishop Gaetano Aloisi Masella † (1877)
Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop José Alves Correia da Silva † (1920)
Manuel Cardinal Gonçalves Cerejeira † (1928)
Archbishop Manuel Maria Ferreira da Silva, S.M.P. † (1931)
Archbishop Ernesto Sena de Oliveira † (1931)
Bishop João da Silva Campos Neves † (1931)
Archbishop Emanuele Trindade Salgueiro † (1941)
Bishop Sebastião Soares de Resende † (1943)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 263148389292210710818
WikiData: Q64735325

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1939
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1919, Number 75

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