Bishop Alexandre da Sagrada Familia Ferreira da Silva, O.F.M. Ref. †

Deceased

Bishop of Angra, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 May 1737		Born
28 Dec 1763	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Reformed Friars Minor
8 Aug 1782	45.2	Selected	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
16 Dec 1782	45.5	Confirmed	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
24 Feb 1783	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Malacca, Singapore
1 Sep 1784	47.2	Selected	Bishop of Angola e Congo
14 Feb 1785	47.7	Confirmed	Bishop of Angola e Congo
23 Nov 1787	50.5	Resigned	Bishop of Angola e Congo
16 Mar 1815	77.8	Selected	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
18 Dec 1815	78.5	Confirmed	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
23 Apr 1818	80.9	Died	Bishop of Angra, Portugal

MicroData Summary for Alexandre da Sagrada Familia Ferreira da Silva
(VIAF: 60334813; WikiData: Q9602414)
Bishop Alexandre da Sagrada Familia Ferreira da Silva O.F.M. Ref. (born 23 May 1737, died 23 Apr 1818) Bishop of Angra

Event Place
Birth Place Horta

a priest for 54.3 years
a bishop for 35.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio Cayetano Maciel Calheiros †
Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Vicente do Espirito Santo, O.A.D. †
Prelate of Goiás
Bishop Alexandre da Silva Pedrosa Guimarães †
Bishop of Macau

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antonio Cayetano Maciel Calheiros †
Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Antônio de Pádua e Bellas, O.F.M. Ref. † (1783)
Bishop José Nicolau de Azevedo Coutinho Gentil † (1783)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Horta

Source(s):

b: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 201, Number 16,496
ob/ab: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 111
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 76
obp: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 210, Additions/Corrections (front)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1783, Number 7
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 179, and Page 273

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a priest for 54.3 years a bishop for 35.1 years	Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Antonio Cayetano Maciel Calheiros † Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Vicente do Espirito Santo, O.A.D. † Prelate of Goiás Bishop Alexandre da Silva Pedrosa Guimarães † Bishop of Macau
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Antonio Cayetano Maciel Calheiros † Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia	Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Antônio de Pádua e Bellas, O.F.M. Ref. † (1783) Bishop José Nicolau de Azevedo Coutinho Gentil † (1783)