Bishop Abílio Rodas de Sousa Ribas, C.S.Sp. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of São Tomé e Príncipe

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Jan 1931		Born
8 Mar 1953	22.1	Solemn Vows	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
21 Sep 1957	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
3 Dec 1984	53.9	Appointed	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
24 Feb 1985	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
1 Dec 2006	75.9	Retired	Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe
2 Feb 2025	94.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of São Tomé e Príncipe

MicroData Summary
Abílio Rodas de Sousa Ribas
Bishop Abílio Rodas de Sousa Ribas C.S.Sp.
(born 2 Jan 1931, died 2 Feb 2025)
Bishop Emeritus of São Tomé e Príncipe

Ad Limina - October 2004: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Várzea de Soajo, Archdiocese of Braga, Portugal
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, São Tomé, Diocese of São Tomé e Príncipe
Death Place Braga, Archdiocese of Braga, Portugal

a priest for 67.3 years
a bishop for 39.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Alexandre Cardinal do Nascimento †
Archbishop of Lubango
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Fortunato Baldelli †
Titular Archbishop of Mevania
Archbishop Manuel Franklin da Costa †
Archbishop of Huambo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Alexandre Cardinal do Nascimento † (1975)
Archbishop of Lubango
Archbishop Giovanni De Andrea † (1975)
Titular Archbishop of Aquaviva
Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot † (1954)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Maurice Cardinal Feltin † (1928)
Archbishop of Paris
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Binet † (1920)
Archbishop of Besançon
Louis-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Luçon † (1888)
Archbishop of Reims
Bishop Charles-Emile Freppel † (1870)
Bishop of Angers
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Archbishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop of Rouen
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Benedito Roberto, C.S.Sp. † (1996)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Várzea de Soajo, Archdiocese of Braga, Portugal
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, São Tomé, Diocese of São Tomé e Príncipe
Death Place	Braga, Archdiocese of Braga, Portugal

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q336891

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 1 Dec 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 91, Number 7,728
sole/d: CB, 3 Feb 2025

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