Bishop João Tavares de Moura †

Deceased

Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Jul 1883		Born
11 Feb 1906	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Olinda, Brazil
3 Jul 1919	35.9	Appointed	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
7 Sep 1919	36.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil
20 Jul 1928	44.9	Died	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil

MicroData Summary
João Tavares de Moura
Bishop João Tavares de Moura
(born 23 Jul 1883, died 20 Jul 1928)
Bishop of Garanhuns

Event Place
Birth Place Lagoa Secca de Nazaré da Mota

a priest for 22.4 years
a bishop for 8.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra †
Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop José Antônio de Oliveira Lopes †
Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco
Bishop José Tupinambá da Frota †
Bishop of Sobral, Ceara

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra † (1911)
Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco
Joaquim Cardinal Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti † (1890)
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q21020104

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1919, Number 54

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