Bishop Francisco João Silota, M. Afr.

Bishop Emeritus of Chimoio, Mozambique

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jun 1941		Born
11 Aug 1974	33.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
18 Jan 1988	46.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Beira, Mozambique
18 Jan 1988	46.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Musti
26 Jun 1988	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Musti
19 Nov 1990	49.4	Appointed	Bishop of Chimoio, Mozambique
2 Jan 2017	75.5	Retired	Bishop of Chimoio, Mozambique

MicroData Summary
Francisco João Silota
Bishop Francisco João Silota M. Afr.
(born 17 Jun 1941)
Bishop Emeritus of Chimoio

Ad Limina - May 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Zuoya

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Chimoio.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves †
Archbishop of Beira
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paulo Mandlate, S.S.S. †
Bishop of Tete
Bishop Bernardo Filipe Governo, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop of Quelimane

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves † (1976)
Archbishop of Beira
Bishop Januário Machaze Nhangumbe † (1975)
Bishop of Porto Amélia
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio
Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Bishop of Campinas
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Archbishop of São Paulo
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
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 António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo (2019)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 19353519
WikiData: Q1442063

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 110, Number 9,724
r: Bollettino, 2 Jan 2017

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