Bishop Joseph (a Jesu Maria) Fonseca, O.P. †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal

Titular Bishop of Patara

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Apr 1666³		Born
7 May 1714	48.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal
7 May 1714	48.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Patara
7 Aug 1741⁶	75.3	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain ; ⁶ Before

MicroData Summary
Joseph (a Jesu Maria) Fonseca
Bishop Joseph (a Jesu Maria) Fonseca O.P.
(born 3 Apr 1666, died 7 Aug 1741)
Auxiliary Bishop of Évora

Event Place
Birth Place Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Ordained Bishop S. Dominique, Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Simão da Gama †
Archbishop of Évora
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop José de Oliveira, O.E.S.A. †
Bishop Emeritus of Angola e Congo
Bishop Manoel da Silva Frances †
Titular Bishop of Thagaste

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Simão da Gama † (1685)
Archbishop of Évora
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:
Bishop Antônio de Guadalupe, O.F.M. Disc. † (1725)
Archbishop José de Fialho, O. Cist. † (1725)
Bishop Manuel Coutinho † (1725)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64778031

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 308
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1714, Number 36
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 60, Number 4,503

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