Bishop René de Pontes †

Deceased

Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jul 1902		Born
24 Aug 1928	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
13 Oct 1938	36.2	Appointed	Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
30 Nov 1938	36.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2 Apr 1940	37.6	Died	Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

MicroData Summary
René de Pontes
Bishop René de Pontes
(born 28 Jul 1902, died 2 Apr 1940)
Bishop of Valença

Event Place
Birth Place Rio de Janeiro, Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Ordained Bishop Rio de Janeiro, Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

a priest for 11.6 years
a bishop for 1.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Sebastião Cardinal Leme da Silveira Cintra †
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Benedito Paulo Alves de Souza †
Titular Bishop of Orisa
Bishop Hugo Bressane de Araújo †
Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Sebastião Cardinal Leme da Silveira Cintra † (1911)
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Joaquim Cardinal Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti † (1890)
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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: Q28072938

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1938, Number 96

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