Veríssimo Cardinal de Lencastre †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Nov 1615		Born
22 Dec 1670	55.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
Jun 1671²	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
8 Feb 1677	61.2	Resigned	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
2 Sep 1686	70.7	Elevated to Cardinal
12 Dec 1692	77.0	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Veríssimo de Lencastre
Veríssimo Cardinal de Lencastre
(born 15 Nov 1615, died 12 Dec 1692)
Archbishop Emeritus of Braga

Consistory - 1686: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1689: Unable to Participate
Conclave - 1691: Unable to Participate

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

a bishop for 21.5 years
a cardinal for 6.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Francesco Ravizza †
Titular Bishop of Sidon

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Lourenço de Castro, O.P. † (1671)
Bishop Francisco Barreto † (1671)
Bishop João de Melo † (1671)
Bishop Richard Russell † (1671)
Archbishop Pedro Alencastre † (1672)
Bishop José Antonio de Lencastre, O. Carm. † (1677)
Bishop Gregório dos Anjos, C. S. J. † (1678)
Bishop António de Santa Maria, O.F.M. Ref. † (1678)
Bishop Valerio de São Raimundo, O.P. † (1683)
Archbishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Archbishop Simão da Gama † (1685)
Archbishop Alberto de São Gonçalo da Silva, O.S.A. † (1686)
Archbishop Manoel da Ressurreição, O.F.M. † (1687)
Bishop Victorino do Porto, O.F.M. † (1687)
Archbishop João Franco de Oliveira † (1687)
Bishop Matias de Figueiredo e Mello † (1688)
Bishop Pedro da Silva, O.S.A. † (1689)
Bishop Manuel de Moura Manuel † (1689)
Bishop Jerónimo Soares † (1690)
Archbishop Agostinho da Anunciação, Ord. D.N.J.C. † (1690)
Bishop José Saldanha, O.F.M. Disc. † (1690)
Bishop João de Casal, O.S.A. † (1690)
Bishop Antonio a Saint Theresia, O.F.M. † (1692)
Bishop Francisco de Lima (Lemos), O. Carm. † (1692)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 89111934
WikiData: Q3556314

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 2 Sep 1686
ob/c2: CB, 22 Dec 2012
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 212, Number 17,571
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1671, Number 21
Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 15, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 52, Number 3,593, Ascendance
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 64, Number 4,965

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