Bishop Epaminondas Nunes de Ávila e Silva †

Deceased

Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Jul 1869		Born
17 Jul 1892	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Diamantina, Brazil
29 Apr 1909	39.8	Appointed	Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
8 Sep 1909	40.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
21 Nov 1909	40.3	Installed	Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil
29 Jun 1935	65.9	Died	Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo, Brazil

MicroData Summary
Epaminondas Nunes de Ávila e Silva
Bishop Epaminondas Nunes de Ávila e Silva
(born 4 Jul 1869, died 29 Jun 1935)
Bishop of Taubaté

Event Place
Birth Place Serro

a priest for 42.9 years
a bishop for 25.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joaquim Silvério de Souza †
Titular Bishop of Axomis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joaquim Silvério de Souza † (1902)
Titular Bishop of Axomis
Bishop Silvério Gomes Pimenta † (1890)
Bishop of Mariana
Bishop Pedro Maria de Lacerda † (1869)
Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Bishop Antônio Ferreira Viçoso, C.M. † (1844)
Bishop of Mariana
Bishop Manoel de Monte Rodrigues de Araújo † (1840)
Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Bishop José Antônio dos Reis † (1832)
Bishop of Cuiabá
Bishop Manoel Joaquim Gonçalves de Andrade † (1827)
Bishop of São Paulo
Bishop José Caetano da Silva Coutinho † (1807)
Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Bishop José Maria de Melo, C.O. † (1787)
Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}
Bishop José da Costa e Torres †
Bishop of Funchal

External Link(s):

VIAF: 952155953594142630002
WikiData: Q10273253

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1909, Number 56

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