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Archbishop Gaspar de Bragança †

Deceased

Archbishop of Braga, Portugal

Events

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

a bishop for 30.4 years

Principal Consecrator: Archbishop José Dantas Barbosa † Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop António Caetano da Rocha † Bishop of Angra Bishop Hilário de Santa Rosa, O.F.M. Ref. † Bishop Emeritus of Macau

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: 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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