Archbishop José de Fialho, O. Cist. †

Deceased

Bishop of Guarda, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Dec 1673		Born
23 Jan 1696	22.1	Professed	Member of Order of Cistercians
21 Feb 1725	51.1	Appointed	Bishop of Olinda, Brazil
13 May 1725	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Olinda, Brazil
21 Jul 1738	64.6	Selected	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
3 Sep 1738	64.7	Confirmed	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
22 Feb 1739	65.1	Selected	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Guarda, Portugal
2 Jan 1741	67.0	Confirmed	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Guarda, Portugal
18 Mar 1741	67.2	Died	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal

MicroData Summary
José de Fialho
Archbishop José de Fialho O. Cist.
(born 13 Dec 1673, died 18 Mar 1741)
Bishop of Guarda

Event Place
Birth Place Vila Nova de Cerveira
Death Place Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}

a bishop for 15.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Tomás de Almeida †
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop João Cardoso Castelo †
Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia
Bishop Joseph (a Jesu Maria) Fonseca, O.P. †
Titular Bishop of Patara

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Tomás de Almeida † (1707)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Titular Bishop of Targa
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)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop José Botelho de Matos † (1741)
Archbishop José de Bragança † (1741)
Bishop João da Cruz Salgado de Castilho, O.C.D. † (1741)
Archbishop Miguel de Távora, O.E.S.A. † (1741)
Archbishop Valeriao da Costa e Gouveia † (1741)
Bishop Manuel Lopes Simões † (1741)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q10309408

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 296
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 205, and Page 364
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1725, Number 22

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