Bishop Víctor Luís Quematcha, O.F.M.

Bishop of Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Apr 1967		Born
1997²	29.6	Perpetual Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor
2 May 1998	31.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
8 Mar 2025	57.8	Appointed	Bishop of Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau
28 Jun 2025	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Víctor Luís Quematcha
Bishop Víctor Luís Quematcha O.F.M.
(born 27 Apr 1967)
Bishop of Bafatá

Event Place
Birth Place Cúmura, Prefecture Apostolic of Guinea Portoghese
Ordained Priest Nhoma, Diocese of Bissau
Ordained Bishop Outdoors, Near, Cathedral, Bafatá, Diocese of Bafatá

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Bafatá.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag
Titular Archbishop of Traiectum ad Mosam
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop José Câmnate na Bissign
Bishop Emeritus of Bissau
Bishop António Montes Moreira, O.F.M.
Bishop Emeritus of Bragança-Miranda

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag (2018)
Titular Archbishop of Traiectum ad Mosam
Pope Francis (1992)
(Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. †)
Antonio Cardinal Quarracino † (1962)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Bishop Anunciado Serafini † (1935)
Bishop of Mercedes
Archbishop Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland † (1935)
Archbishop of Paraná
Archbishop Filippo Cortesi † (1921)
Titular Archbishop of Siraces
Antonio Cardinal Vico † (1898)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q133202912

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 8 Mar 2025
ob: CB, 22 Mar 2025
c2: CB, 26 Jun 2025
c34: CB, 28 Jun 2025

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