Bishop António Paes Godinho †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Nanking [Nanjing], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1668²		Born
3 Nov 1717	49.8	Selected	Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China
11 Feb 1718	50.1	Confirmed	Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China
21 Sep 1718	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China
11 Feb 1721	53.1	Resigned	Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China
1752²	84.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Nanking [Nanjing], China

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
António Paes Godinho
Bishop António Paes Godinho
(born 1668, died 1752)
Bishop Emeritus of Nanking [Nanjing]

Event Place
Birth Place Santa Luzia, Garvão, Archdiocese of Évora, Portugal
Ordained Bishop Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
Death Place Viana do Alentejo

a bishop for 33.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Tomás de Almeida †
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Manuel Álvares da Costa †
Bishop of Olinda

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Tomás 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)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop João de Faro, O.F.M. Ref. † (1738)
Bishop Valério do Sacramento, O.F.M. Ref. † (1738)
Bishop Antonio de Castro † (1738)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64747138

Source(s):

b: CB
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 201, Number 16,466
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1718, Number 63
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 279
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 19 Jan 2020
b/d/loc: CB, 2 May 2024
c3: CB, 4 May 2024
b/d/loc/c3: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 260, Number 21,446

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