Bishop José Tomas Gomes da Silva †

Deceased

Bishop of Aracajú, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Aug 1873		Born
15 Nov 1896	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Natal, Brazil
12 May 1911	37.7	Appointed	Bishop of Aracajú, Brazil
19 Nov 1911	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Aracajú, Brazil
4 Dec 1911	38.3	Installed	Bishop of Aracajú, Brazil
31 Oct 1948	75.2	Died	Bishop of Aracajú, Brazil

MicroData Summary
José Tomas Gomes da Silva
Bishop José Tomas Gomes da Silva
(born 4 Aug 1873, died 31 Oct 1948)
Bishop of Aracajú

Event Place
Birth Place Martins

a priest for 51.9 years
a bishop for 36.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Adauto Aurélio de Miranda Henriques †
Bishop of Paraíba
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Augusto Álvaro da Silva †
Bishop of Floresta
Bishop Joaquim Antônio de Almeida †
Bishop of Natal

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Adauto Aurélio de Miranda Henriques † (1894)
Bishop of Paraíba
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Adalberto Accioli Sobral † (1927)
Archbishop Mário de Miranda Vilas-Boas † (1938)
Avelar Cardinal Brandão Vilela † (1946)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Manuel Raimundo de Melo † (1915)
Archbishop Moisés Sizenando Coelho † (1915)
Bishop Quintino Rodrigues de Oliveira e Silva † (1915)
Bishop Jonas de Araújo Batinga † (1918)
Archbishop Ático Eusébio da Rocha † (1923)
Bishop Juvéncio de Brito † (1927)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q10310573

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 63
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1911, Number 92

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