Bishop Domingos da Encarnação Pontével, O.P. †

Deceased

Bishop of Mariana, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Nov 1722³		Born
19 Dec 1744	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Order of Friars Preachers
10 Oct 1745	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
30 Dec 1778	56.1	Selected	Bishop of Mariana, Brazil
1 Mar 1779	56.3	Confirmed	Bishop of Mariana, Brazil
18 Apr 1779	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mariana, Brazil
16 Jun 1795	72.6	Died	Bishop of Mariana, Brazil

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Domingos da Encarnação Pontével
Bishop Domingos da Encarnação Pontével O.P.
(born 3 Nov 1722, died 16 Jun 1795)
Bishop of Mariana

Event Place
Birth Place Santarem, Portugal

a priest for 49.6 years
a bishop for 16.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio Bonifacio Coelho †
Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Bartolomeu Manoel Mendes dos Reis †
Bishop Emeritus of Mariana
Bishop Miguel António Barreto de Meneses †
Bishop of Miranda (do Douro)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antonio Bonifacio Coelho † (1770)
Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia
Francisco Cardinal de Saldanha da Gama † (1759)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Archbishop José Dantas Barbosa † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia
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 (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 António Barbosa Soares † (1779)
Bishop Jacinto Carlos da Silveira † (1779)
Bishop Vicente do Espirito Santo, O.A.D. † (1779)
Bishop Luiz de Brito Homem † (1792)
Archbishop Miguel Antonio da Cruz, O.F.M. Disc. † (1792)
Bishop Francisco Monteiro Pereira de Azevedo † (1792)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 277974543
WikiData: Q10268131

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1779, Number 7
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 277

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