Bishop João da Silva Ferreira †

Deceased

Bishop of Tanger, Morocco

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 May 1675³		Born
21 Dec 1715	40.6	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
26 Dec 1715	40.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 Jul 1742	67.1	Selected	Bishop of Tanger, Morocco
26 Nov 1742	67.5	Confirmed	Bishop of Tanger, Morocco
9 Jun 1743	68.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tanger, Morocco
19 Jan 1775	99.6	Died	Bishop of Tanger, Morocco

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
João da Silva Ferreira
Bishop João da Silva Ferreira
(born 14 May 1675, died 19 Jan 1775)
Bishop of Tanger

Event Place
Birth Place Linhares

a priest for 59.0 years
a bishop for 31.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida †
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop José Maria da Fonseca de Évora, O.F.M. Obs. †
Bishop of Porto
Bishop Bernardo António de Mello Osório †
Bishop of Guarda

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 (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)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64735962

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 407
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1743, Number 18

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