Bishop João António Barbosa Soares †

Deceased

Bishop of Viseu, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Sep 1718		Born
15 Mar 1766	47.4	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
24 May 1766	47.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
30 Dec 1778	60.2	Selected	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
1 Mar 1779	60.4	Confirmed	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
2 May 1779	60.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
25 Nov 1782	64.1	Died	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal

MicroData Summary
João António Barbosa Soares
Bishop João António Barbosa Soares
(born 22 Sep 1718, died 25 Nov 1782)
Bishop of Viseu

Event Place
Birth Place Lordello

a priest for 16.5 years
a bishop for 3.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio Bonifacio Coelho †
Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Miguel António Barreto de Meneses †
Bishop of Miranda (do Douro)
Bishop Domingos da Encarnação Pontével, O.P. †
Bishop of Mariana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antonio Bonifacio Coelho † (1770)
Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia
Francisco Cardinal de Saldanha da Gama † (1759)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Archbishop José Dantas Barbosa † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia
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)

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WikiData: Q64761667

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 443
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1779, Number 11

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