Bishop Manoel da Silva Frances †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Western Lisboa, Portugal

Titular Bishop of Thagaste

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1651¹		Born
24 Sep 1708	57.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa, Portugal
24 Sep 1708	57.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thagaste
10 Mar 1709	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thagaste
12 Oct 1727	76.7	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Western Lisboa, Portugal

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Manoel da Silva Frances
Bishop Manoel da Silva Frances
(born 1651, died 12 Oct 1727)
Auxiliary Bishop of Western Lisboa

Event Place
Birth Place Lisboa, Archdiocese of Lisboa
Ordained Bishop Santa Cruz do Castello, Church, Lisboa, Archdiocese of Lisboa
Death Place Lisboa, Patriarchate of Western Lisboa

a bishop for 18.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha †
Bishop of Leiria
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Timóteo do Sacramento, O.S.P.P.E. †
Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão
Bishop Antonio Botado de Foios Pereira, O.S.A. †
Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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)

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Sylvester Louis Lloyd, O.F.M. † (1711)
Bishop Nicholas Sweetman † (1717)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph (a Jesu Maria) Fonseca, O.P. † (1714)
Bishop Fernando de Faro † (1714)
Bishop João de Souza e Carvalho † (1716)
José Cardinal Pereira de Lacerda † (1716)
Archbishop Ludovico Alvares de Figueiredo † (1716)
Bishop José Delgarte, O.SS.T. † (1716)
Bishop João de Brito e Vasconcelos † (1717)
Archbishop João Cardoso Castelo † (1719)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64745563

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 372
ob/c2: CB, 19 Apr 2015
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1709, Number 7
b/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 223, Number 18,436
c34: CB, 24 Nov 2018
b/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 238, Number 19,915

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