Archbishop Luís de Sousa †

Deceased

Archbishop of Braga, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1626¹		Born
15 Dec 1670	44.9	Appointed	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
12 Jul 1671	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
8 Feb 1677	51.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
29 Apr 1690	64.3	Died	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Luís de Sousa
Archbishop Luís de Sousa
(born 1626, died 29 Apr 1690)
Archbishop of Braga

Event Place
Birth Place Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}

a bishop for 18.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Luis de Sousa †
Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gabriel de Almeida, O. Cist. †
Bishop of Funchal
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 Luis de Sousa † (1671)
Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus
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:
Bishop Fernando Correia de Lacerda † (1673)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Luís da Silva Teles, O.SS.T. † (1671)
Bishop João de Melo † (1671)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 45924034
WikiData: Q10321773

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 213
b: CB
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 126, and Page 234
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1671, Number 31

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