Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. †

Deceased

Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China

Apostolic Administrator of Peking [Beijing]

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Aug 1769		Born
15 Mar 1794	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
28 Apr 1804	34.6	Selected	Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China
20 Aug 1804	35.0	Confirmed	Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China
10 Aug 1806	36.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China
Aug 1827³	57.9	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Peking [Beijing], China
2 Nov 1838	69.2	Died	Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Cajetan Pires Pireira
(WikiData: Q64707162)
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira C.M. (born 18 Aug 1769, died 2 Nov 1838) Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing]

Event Place
Birth Place Cerdeira, Portugal
Ordained Bishop Peking
Death Place Peking, Diocese of Peking [Beijing]

a priest for 44.6 years
a bishop for 32.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. †
Bishop of Peking [Beijing]

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † (1783)
Bishop of Peking [Beijing]
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.E.S.A. † (1773)
Archbishop of Goa
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. † (1746)
Archbishop of Évora
Tomás Cardinal 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 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 Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. Obs. † (1817)

Source(s):

b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1806, Number 8
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 275
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 271, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 8, Number 371, Ascendance
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 19 Jan 2020
Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 15, Additions/Corrections (front)
Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 17, Number 916

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