Bishop Clemente José Colaço Leitão, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop of Cochin, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Dec 1704		Born
5 Feb 1745	40.1	Selected	Bishop of Cochin, India
8 Mar 1745	40.2	Confirmed	Bishop of Cochin, India
11 Dec 1746	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Cochin, India
31 Jan 1771	66.1	Died	Bishop of Cochin, India

MicroData Summary
Clemente José Colaço Leitão
Bishop Clemente José Colaço Leitão S.J.
(born 17 Dec 1704, died 31 Jan 1771)
Bishop of Cochin

Event Place
Birth Place Bom Jardim

a bishop for 24.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francisco de Mello, O.F.M. Ref. †
Archbishop of Goa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francisco de Mello, O.F.M. Ref. † (1743)
Archbishop of Goa
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)

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop João Luis Vasconcellos, S.J. † (1751)
Archbishop Salvator dos Reis, S.J. † (1758)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1099988

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 171
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1746, Number 45

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