Bishop Jerónimo Soares †

Deceased

Bishop of Viseu, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1635¹		Born
6 Mar 1690	55.1	Appointed	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
29 Jun 1690	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
30 Aug 1694	59.6	Appointed	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
18 Jan 1720	85.0	Died	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Jerónimo Soares
Bishop Jerónimo Soares
(born 1635, died 18 Jan 1720)
Bishop of Viseu

Event Place
Birth Place Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Ordained Bishop S. Roch, Church, Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Death Place Viseu, Diocese of Viseu

a bishop for 29.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Veríssimo Cardinal de Lencastre †
Archbishop Emeritus of Braga
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Richard Russell †
Bishop of Viseu
Bishop Simão da Gama †
Bishop of Faro {Algarve}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Veríssimo Cardinal 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 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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Francisco de São Jerõnimo de Andrade, C.R.S.J.E. † (1701)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop José Saldanha, O.F.M. Disc. † (1690)
Archbishop Rodrigo de Moura Telles † (1694)
Bishop António Pereira da Silva † (1701)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64761633

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 194, and Page 417
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1690, Number 20

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