Bishop Antonio da Encarnação, O.S.A. †

Deceased

Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1693¹		Born
5 Feb 1745	52.0	Selected	Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India
8 Mar 1745	52.1	Confirmed	Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India
22 Jan 1747	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India
22 Sep 1752	59.7	Died	Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore, India

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Antonio da Encarnação
Bishop Antonio da Encarnação O.S.A.
(born 1693, died 22 Sep 1752)
Bishop of São Tomé of Meliapore

Event Place
Birth Place Olinda
Ordained Bishop Goa, Archdiocese of Goa

a bishop for 5.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francisco de Mello, O.F.M. Ref. †
Archbishop of Goa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francisco de Mello, O.F.M. Ref. † (1743)
Archbishop of Goa
Tomás Cardinal 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)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64752457

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 405
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1747, Number 1
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 51, Number 3,503

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