Bishop António Pereira da Silva †

Deceased

Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Oct 1647³		Born
16 Aug 1681	33.8	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
17 Aug 1681	33.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
8 Aug 1701	53.8	Appointed	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
20 Nov 1701	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
1 Jun 1704	56.6	Selected	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
15 Sep 1704	56.9	Confirmed	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
17 Apr 1715	67.5	Died	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
António Pereira da Silva
Bishop António Pereira da Silva
(born 4 Oct 1647, died 17 Apr 1715)
Bishop of Faro {Algarve}

Event Place
Birth Place Braga, Archdiocese of Braga
Ordained Bishop Ste. Martha, Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}

a priest for 33.6 years
a bishop for 13.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop José Antonio de Lencastre, O. Carm. †
Bishop Emeritus of Leiria
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jerónimo Soares †
Bishop of Viseu
Bishop António de Saldanha †
Bishop of Portalegre

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop José Antonio de Lencastre, O. Carm. † (1677)
Bishop Emeritus of Leiria
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: Q64736175

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 194, and Page 312
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1701, Number 18
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 75, Number 5,949

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