Bishop Polycarpo de Sousa (Souza), S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Jan 1697		Born
31 Jan 1712	15.0	Professed	Member of Society of Jesus
22 Feb 1739	42.0	Selected	Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China
19 Dec 1740	43.8	Confirmed	Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China
3 Nov 1743	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China
26 May 1757	60.3	Died	Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China

MicroData Summary
Polycarpo de Sousa (Souza)
Bishop Polycarpo de Sousa (Souza) S.J.
(born 26 Jan 1697, died 26 May 1757)
Bishop of Peking [Beijing]

Event Place
Birth Place Coimbra, Diocese of Coimbra, Portugal
Ordained Bishop Macua, Diocese of Macau
Death Place Peking, Diocese of Peking [Beijing]

a bishop for 13.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Hilário de Santa Rosa, O.F.M. Ref. †
Bishop of Macau

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Hilário de Santa Rosa, O.F.M. Ref. † (1741)
Bishop of Macau
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: Q64775425

Source(s):

b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1743, Number 39
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 331
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 25 Jan 2020
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 50, Number 3,428

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