Bishop António de Sousa Tavora, O.E.S.A. †

Deceased

Bishop of Porto, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Sep 1690		Born
17 Mar 1715	24.5	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine
19 Mar 1715	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Hermits of St. Augustine
13 Jan 1757	66.3	Selected	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
28 Mar 1757	66.5	Confirmed	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
3 Jul 1757	66.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
4 Jun 1766	75.7	Died	Bishop of Porto, Portugal

MicroData Summary
António de Sousa Tavora
Bishop António de Sousa Tavora O.E.S.A.
(born 6 Sep 1690, died 4 Jun 1766)
Bishop of Porto

Event Place
Birth Place Casillas

a priest for 51.2 years
a bishop for 8.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Miguel de Távora, O.E.S.A. †
Archbishop of Évora
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jerónimo de São José, O.S.A. †
Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania
Bishop Baltazar de Faria Villas-Boas †
Bishop of Elvas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Miguel de Távora, O.E.S.A. † (1741)
Archbishop of Évora
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Titular Bishop of Targa
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Bishop of Leiria
Bishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Bishop of Porto
Archbishop Veríssimo 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 (Virginio Romolo) 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)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64735145

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 346
bp/bd/c2+: CB, 24 Jul 2014
ob/bp/bd: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 219, Additions/Corrections (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1757, Number 17

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