Luis Cardinal de Sousa †

Deceased

Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Oct 1630		Born
19 Jan 1671	40.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus
14 Jun 1671	40.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus
2 Dec 1675	45.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal
22 Jul 1697	66.7	Elevated to Cardinal
3 Jan 1702	71.2	Died	Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal

MicroData Summary
Luis de Sousa
Luis Cardinal de Sousa
(born 6 Oct 1630, died 3 Jan 1702)
Archbishop of Lisboa

Consistory - July 1697: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1700: Unable to Participate

Event Place
Birth Place Porto, Diocese of Porto
Ordained Bishop Royal, Chapel, Lisboa, Archdiocese of Lisboa

a bishop for 30.5 years
a cardinal for 4.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Manuel de Noroña, O.F.M. †
Bishop of Guarda
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Cristovão da Silveira, O.S.A. †
Archbishop of Goa
Bishop Estevão dos Santos Carneiro de Moraes, C.R.S.J.E. †
Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Manuel de Noroña, O.F.M. † (1671)
Bishop of Guarda
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 Luís de Sousa † (1671)
Archbishop Luís da Silva Teles, O.SS.T. † (1671)
Bishop Alexander da Silva † (1674)
Archbishop António Brandão, O. Cist. † (1675)
Bishop Bernardinus a San Antonio, O.F.M. † (1675)
Bishop Estevão Brioso de Figueiredo † (1677)
Bishop João de Mascarenhas † (1686)
Bishop António Vasconcelos e Sousa † (1693)
Archbishop Sebastião Monteiro da Vida, S.J. † (1701)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 45923796
WikiData: Q3266960

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 22 Jul 1697
b: CB
b: Hierarchia Catholica
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 203, Number 16,680
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1671, Number 25
bd: CB, 21 Feb 2019
bd: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 239, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 57, Number 4,198

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