Bishop Paulo José Tavares †

Deceased

Bishop of Macau, China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Jan 1920		Born
24 Apr 1943	23.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
19 Aug 1961	41.5	Appointed	Bishop of Macau, China
21 Sep 1961	41.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Macau, China
12 Jun 1973	53.3	Died	Bishop of Macau, China

MicroData Summary
Paulo José Tavares
Bishop Paulo José Tavares
(born 25 Jan 1920, died 12 Jun 1973)
Bishop of Macau

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Rabo de Peixe, Diocese of Angra, Portugal
Ordained Bishop San Antonio dei Portogesi, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Lissabon

a priest for 30.1 years
a bishop for 11.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani †
Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Angelo Dell’Acqua †
Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
Bishop João Pereira Venâncio, O.R.C. †
Bishop of Leiria

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Peter Lei Wang-kee (Li Hongji, Wang Kei-lei) † (1971)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q6796514

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 25 Jan 2020
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1961, Number 117

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