Archbishop Manuel Dos Santos Rocha †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Apr 1905		Born
27 Nov 1927	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
14 Mar 1949	43.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
14 Mar 1949	43.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Priene
29 Jun 1949	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Priene
23 Mar 1956	50.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Mitylene
14 Dec 1965	60.6	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Beja, Portugal
8 Sep 1980	75.3	Retired	Bishop of Beja, Portugal
16 Feb 1983	77.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal

MicroData Summary
Manuel Dos Santos Rocha
Archbishop Manuel Dos Santos Rocha
(born 22 Apr 1905, died 16 Feb 1983)
Bishop Emeritus of Beja

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Tocantins
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}

a priest for 55.2 years
a bishop for 33.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Manuel Cardinal Gonçalves Cerejeira †
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Emanuele Trindade Salgueiro †
Titular Archbishop of Mitylene
Bishop João da Silva Campos Neves †
Bishop of Lamego

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Manuel Cardinal Gonçalves Cerejeira † (1928)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Manuel Luís Coelho da Silva † (1915)
Bishop of Coimbra
Bishop António José de Souza Barroso † (1891)
Bishop of Porto
José Sebastião (d’Almeida) Cardinal Neto, O.F.M. Disc. † (1880)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Archbishop Gaetano Aloisi Masella † (1877)
Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop António de Campos † (1954)
Bishop João Pereira Venâncio, O.R.C. † (1954)
Archbishop David de Sousa, O.F.M. † (1957)
Bishop Manuel d’Almeida Trindade † (1962)
Archbishop Eurico Dias Nogueira † (1964)
Bishop António dos Santos † (1976)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 98637204
WikiData: Q10324715

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1949, Number 44

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