Bishop Valerian Joseph de Souza †

Deceased

Bishop of Mangalore, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Sep 1884		Born
25 Jul 1913	28.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
14 Jan 1928	43.3	Appointed	Bishop of Mangalore, India
15 Apr 1928	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mangalore, India
14 Aug 1930	45.9	Died	Bishop of Mangalore, India

MicroData Summary
Valerian Joseph de Souza
Bishop Valerian Joseph de Souza
(born 4 Sep 1884, died 14 Aug 1930)
Bishop of Mangalore

Event Place
Birth Place Karwar
Ordained Bishop Mangalore, Diocese of Mangalore
Death Place Waterford, Diocese of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland

a priest for 17.0 years
a bishop for 2.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Paolo Carlo Perini, S.J. †
Bishop of Calicut
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ange-Auguste Faisandier, S.J. †
Bishop of Trichinopoly
Bishop Francis Tiburtius Roche, S.J. †
Bishop of Tuticorin

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Paolo Carlo Perini, S.J. † (1910)
Bishop of Calicut
Archbishop Hermann Jürgens (Juergens), S.J. † (1907)
Archbishop of Bombay
Archbishop Brice Meuleman, S.J. † (1902)
Archbishop of Calcutta
Bishop Godefroid Pelckmans, O.F.M. Cap. † (1893)
Bishop of Lahore
Archbishop Emmanuel Alfonso van den Bosch, O.F.M. Cap. † (1891)
Archbishop of Agra
Archbishop Andrea Aiuti † (1887)
Titular Archbishop of Achrida
Archbishop George Porter, S.J. † (1887)
Archbishop of Bombay
Archbishop Antonio Agliardi † (1884)
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64683556

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1931
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1928, Number 19

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