Archbishop João de Sousa †

Deceased

Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Apr 1647³		Born
16 Dec 1683	36.6	Appointed	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
16 Apr 1684	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
24 Sep 1696	49.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
1 Oct 1703	56.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal
29 Sep 1710	63.4	Died	Archbishop of Lisboa, Portugal

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
João de Sousa
Archbishop João de Sousa
(born 9 Apr 1647, died 29 Sep 1710)
Archbishop of Lisboa

Event Place
Birth Place Lisboa, Archdiocese of Lisboa

a bishop for 26.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Veríssimo de Lencastre †
Archbishop Emeritus of Braga
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Manoel Pereira, O.P. †
Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Bishop António de Santa Maria, O.F.M. Ref. †
Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea in Isauria

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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)

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Clemente Vieira, O.S.A. † (1688)
Bishop António de Saldanha † (1694)
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francisco de Lima (Lemos), O. Carm. † (1692)
Bishop António Vasconcelos e Sousa † (1693)
Archbishop Rodrigo de Moura Telles † (1694)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 315181145
WikiData: Q10312538

Source(s):

ob/c2+: CB
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 126, and Page 322
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 397
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1684, Number 4
bd/d: CB, 21 Feb 2019
bd/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 239, Additions/Corrections (front)
Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 15, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 52, Number 3,593, Ascendance

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