Bishop Guilherme de São José Antonio de Aranha †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil

Note(s): (Ordre du Christ)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Dec 1686³		Born
7 Sep 1716	29.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
29 Jul 1738	51.5	Selected	Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
3 Sep 1738	51.6	Confirmed	Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
14 Dec 1738	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
18 May 1748	61.3	Resigned	Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
15 Dec 1751	64.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Guilherme de São José Antonio de Aranha
Bishop Guilherme de São José Antonio de Aranha
(born 28 Dec 1686, died 15 Dec 1751)
Bishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará

Event Place
Birth Place Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal

a priest for 35.2 years
a bishop for 13.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida †
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Valério do Sacramento, O.F.M. Ref. †
Bishop of Angra
Bishop João de Faro, O.F.M. Ref. †
Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Titular Bishop of Targa
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Bishop of Leiria
Bishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Bishop of Porto
Archbishop Veríssimo de Lencastre † (1671)
Archbishop Emeritus of Braga
Bishop Francesco Ravizza † (1667)
Titular Bishop of Sidon
Neri Cardinal Corsini † (1652)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Fabio Cardinal Chigi † (1635)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1635)
Bishop of Malta
Francesco Maria Cardinal Brancaccio † (1627)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Cosimo Cardinal de Torres † (1621)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
Maffeo (Virginio Romolo) Cardinal Barberini † (1604)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Patriarch Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (1588)
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga † (1585)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Pius V (1556)
(St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Archbishop of Taranto
Pope Clement VII (1517)
(Giulio de’ Medici †)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q10292868

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1738, Number 31
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 118

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