Bishop José Affonso de Moraes Torres, C.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Jan 1805		Born
29 Feb 1828	23.0	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Congregation of the Mission
1 Mar 1828	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
14 Jul 1843	38.4	Selected	Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
22 Jan 1844	38.9	Confirmed	Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
21 Apr 1844	39.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
24 Sep 1857	52.6	Resigned	Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
19 Nov 1865	60.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil

MicroData Summary for José Affonso de Moraes Torres
(VIAF: 6988740; WikiData: Q10308695)
Bishop José Affonso de Moraes Torres C.M. (born 23 Jan 1805, died 19 Nov 1865) Bishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará

Event Place
Birth Place Rio de Janeiro

a priest for 37.7 years
a bishop for 21.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Manoel de Monte Rodrigues de Araújo †
Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pedro de Santa Mariana e Souza, O.C.D. †
Titular Bishop of Chrysopolis in Arabia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Manoel de Monte Rodrigues de Araújo † (1840)
Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Bishop José Antônio dos Reis † (1832)
Bishop of Cuiabá
Bishop Manoel Joaquim Gonçalves de Andrade † (1827)
Bishop of São Paulo
Bishop José Caetano da Silva Coutinho † (1807)
Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Bishop José Maria de Melo, C.O. † (1787)
Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}
Bishop José da Costa e Torres †
Bishop of Funchal

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Antônio Ferreira Viçoso, C.M. † (1844)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Rio de Janeiro

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 107
b/c23: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1844, Number 30

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