Bishop Francisco Esteves Dias, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Luso, Angola

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Sep 1920		Born
11 Jul 1948	27.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
1 Jul 1963	42.7	Appointed	Bishop of Luso, Angola
8 Sep 1963	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Luso, Angola
13 Apr 1976	55.5	Resigned	Bishop of Luso, Angola
2 Dec 1977	57.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Luso, Angola

MicroData Summary
Francisco Esteves Dias
Bishop Francisco Esteves Dias O.S.B.
(born 21 Sep 1920, died 2 Dec 1977)
Bishop Emeritus of Luso

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 Sâo Vicente da Châ, Diocese of Vila Real, Portugal
Ordained Bishop São Bento, Abbey, Singeverga, Portugal
Death Place Firvidas-Montalegre, Portugal

a priest for 29.3 years
a bishop for 14.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Maximilien de Fürstenberg †
Titular Archbishop of Paltus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Florentino de Andrade e Silva †
Titular Bishop of Heliosebaste
Bishop Manuel António Pires †
Bishop of Silva Porto

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Maximilien de Fürstenberg † (1949)
Titular Archbishop of Paltus
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Clemente Micara † (1920)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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 Armando Amaral Dos Santos † (1970)
Bishop Paulino do Livramento Évora, C.S.Sp. † (1975)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2695992

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 111
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1963, Number 93

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