Bishop José Selva e Amaral, S.D.B. †

Deceased

Prelate of Registro do Araguaia, Brazil

Titular Bishop of Metrae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Nov 1886		Born
18 Jan 1914	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
27 Dec 1937	51.1	Appointed	Prelate of Registro do Araguaia, Brazil
27 Dec 1937	51.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Metrae
24 Apr 1938	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Metrae
13 Aug 1956	69.7	Died	Prelate of Registro do Araguaia, Brazil

MicroData Summary
José Selva e Amaral
Bishop José Selva e Amaral S.D.B.
(born 3 Nov 1886, died 13 Aug 1956)
Prelate of Registro do Araguaia

Event Place
Birth Place Cortenova, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Sagrado Coração de Jesus, Church, Recife, Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco

a priest for 42.5 years
a bishop for 18.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Miguel de Lima Valverde †
Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Adalberto Accioli Sobral †
Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco
Bishop João da Matha de Andrade e Amaral †
Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Miguel de Lima Valverde † (1911)
Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco
Archbishop Jerónimo Thomé da Silva † (1890)
Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francisco Prada Carrera, C.M.F. † (1946)
Bishop Abel Ribeiro Camelo † (1946)
Bishop João Batista Costa, S.D.B. † (1946)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q36104726

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1938, Number 27

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