João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), C.R.S.A. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Évora, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Sep 1715		Born
15 May 1740	24.6	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine
22 May 1740	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine
2 Jan 1746	30.2	Selected	Coadjutor Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
28 Mar 1746	30.5	Confirmed	Coadjutor Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
28 Mar 1746	30.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Olympus (Olimpus)
8 Apr 1746	30.5	Succeeded	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
29 Jun 1746	30.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
30 Nov 1759	44.1	Selected	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
24 Mar 1760	44.4	Confirmed	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
6 Aug 1770	54.8	Elevated to Cardinal
31 Jan 1783	67.3	Died	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal

MicroData Summary
João Cosme da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta)
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta) C.R.S.A.
(born 27 Sep 1715, died 31 Jan 1783)
Archbishop of Évora

Consistory - August 1770: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1774/1775: Unable to Participate

Event Place
Birth Place Lisboa, Archdiocese of Lisboa
Ordained Bishop Basilica, Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Death Place Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}

a priest for 42.6 years
a bishop for 36.5 years
a cardinal for 12.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida †
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop José Dantas Barbosa †
Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia
Bishop João da Cruz Salgado de Castilho, O.C.D. †
Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 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:
Bishop Nicolau Joaquim Torel da Cunha Manuel † (1771)
Bishop José de Jesus Maria Cayetano Carvalho, O.P. † (1771)
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.E.S.A. † (1773)
Bishop António Joaquim Torrão † (1773)
Bishop José Joaquim Justiniano Mascarenhas Castello Branco † (1774)
Bishop Tomaz da Encarnação da Costa e Lima, C.R.S.A. † (1774)
Bishop António Freire Gameiro de Sousa † (1774)
Bishop Francisco de Lemos de Faria Pereira Coutinho † (1774)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 137843610
WikiData: Q1080121

Source(s):

c2+: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 6 Aug 1770
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1746, Number 28
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 206, and Page 257
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 318
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 8, Number 371, Ascendance
Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 15, Number 833

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