Bishop João Antonio da Silva Saraiva †

Deceased

Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Sep 1923		Born
28 Jul 1946	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
30 Aug 1965	41.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal
30 Aug 1965	41.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mopta
19 Nov 1965	42.1	Appointed	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
21 Nov 1965	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
28 Jun 1972	48.7	Appointed	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
3 Apr 1976	52.5	Died	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal

MicroData Summary
João Antonio da Silva Saraiva
Bishop João Antonio da Silva Saraiva
(born 20 Sep 1923, died 3 Apr 1976)
Bishop of Coimbra

Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Seia, Diocese of Guarda
Ordained Bishop St-Antoine des Portugais, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 29.6 years
a bishop for 10.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Manuel Cardinal Gonçalves Cerejeira †
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Custódio Alvim Pereira †
Archbishop of Lourenço Marques
Bishop Policarpo da Costa Vaz †
Bishop of Guarda

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Manuel Cardinal Gonçalves Cerejeira † (1928)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Manuel Luís Coelho da Silva † (1915)
Bishop of Coimbra
Bishop António José de Souza Barroso † (1891)
Bishop of Porto
José Sebastião (d’Almeida) Cardinal Neto, O.F.M. Disc. † (1880)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Archbishop Gaetano Aloisi Masella † (1877)
Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop João Alves † (1975)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 98721762
WikiData: Q1466133

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1965, Number 85

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