Bishop José Alfredo Caires de Nobrega, S.C.I.

Bishop of Mananjary, Madagascar

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Apr 1951		Born
28 Dec 1980	29.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart
30 Oct 2000	49.5	Appointed	Bishop of Mananjary, Madagascar
18 Mar 2001	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mananjary, Madagascar
16 Jan 2014	62.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Farafangana, Madagascar
12 Apr 2018	67.0	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Farafangana, Madagascar

MicroData Summary
José Alfredo Caires de Nobrega
Bishop José Alfredo Caires de Nobrega S.C.I.
(born 12 Apr 1951)
Bishop of Mananjary

Ad Limina - June 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - March 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Caniço, Portugal
Ordained Bishop Mananjary, Diocese of Mananjary

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Mananjary.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Philibert Randriambololona, S.J. †
Archbishop of Fianarantsoa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Charles-Remy Rakotonirina, S.J. †
Bishop of Farafangana
Bishop António de Sousa Braga, S.C.I. †
Bishop of Angra

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Philibert Randriambololona, S.J. † (1988)
Archbishop of Fianarantsoa
Victor Cardinal Razafimahatratra, S.J. † (1971)
Archbishop of Tananarive
Archbishop Gilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J. † (1960)
Archbishop of Fianarantsoa
Archbishop Xavier Ferdinand J. Thoyer, S.J. † (1937)
Archbishop of Fianarantsoa
Bishop Auguste-Julien-Pierre Fortineau, C.S.Sp. † (1915)
Titular Bishop of Chytri
Bishop John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. † (1913)
Titular Bishop of Carrhae
Bishop Patrick Joseph O’Donnell † (1888)
Bishop of Raphoe
Archbishop Michael Logue † (1879)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan † (1856)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Joseph Dixon † (1852)
Archbishop of Armagh
Archbishop Paul Cullen † (1850)
Archbishop of Dublin
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1708921

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Number 13,932
ab: CB, 15 Apr 2014
ab: CB, 26 Aug 2014

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