Archbishop Antonio Bento Martins Júnior †

Deceased

Archbishop of Braga, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 May 1881		Born
25 Oct 1903	22.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
20 Jun 1928	47.1	Appointed	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
15 Aug 1928	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
14 Jul 1932	51.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
14 Jul 1932	51.1	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus
28 Sep 1932	51.3	Succeeded	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
19 Aug 1963	82.2	Died	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal

MicroData Summary
Antonio Bento Martins Júnior
Archbishop Antonio Bento Martins Júnior
(born 5 May 1881, died 19 Aug 1963)
Archbishop of Braga

Event Place
Birth Place Arcos, Archdiocese of Braga
Ordained Bishop Braga, Archdiocese of Braga

a priest for 59.8 years
a bishop for 35.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Manuel Vieira de Matos †
Archbishop of Braga
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop João Evangelista de Lima Vidal †
Bishop of Vila Real
Bishop Agostinho de Jesus e Souza †
Titular Bishop of Hauara

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Manuel Vieira de Matos † (1899)
Archbishop of Braga
Bishop José Dias Correia de Carvalho † (1871)
Bishop of Viseu
Bishop José Luis Alves Feijo, O.SS.T. † (1865)
Bishop of Bragança e Miranda
Archbishop Innocenzo Ferrieri † (1847)
Titular Archbishop of Side
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Ordained Priest:
António Cardinal Ribeiro † (1953)
Manuel Cardinal Monteiro de Castro (1961)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Luís António de Almeida † (1932)
Bishop Domingos da Silva Gonçalves † (1948)
Bishop Manuel Alfonso de Carvalho † (1953)
Archbishop Francisco Maria da Silva † (1957)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Guilherme Augusto Inácio da Cunha Guimarães † (1928)
Bishop António Valente da Fonseca † (1932)
Bishop Domingos da Apresentação Fernandes † (1953)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 121539137
WikiData: Q610652

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1928, Number 54

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