Bishop Nicolau Joaquim Torel da Cunha Manuel †

Deceased

Bishop of Lamego, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Sep 1712³		Born
30 Aug 1739	26.9	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
4 Sep 1739	26.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
4 May 1771	58.6	Selected	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
17 Jun 1771	58.7	Confirmed	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
17 Nov 1771	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
26 Jul 1772	59.8	Died	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Nicolau Joaquim Torel da Cunha Manuel
Bishop Nicolau Joaquim Torel da Cunha Manuel
(born 20 Sep 1712, died 26 Jul 1772)
Bishop of Lamego

Event Place
Birth Place Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}

a priest for 32.8 years
a bishop for .6 years

Principal Consecrator:
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), C.R.S.A. †
Archbishop of Évora
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Antonio Bonifacio Coelho †
Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia
Bishop João Rafael de Mendonça, O.S.H. †
Bishop of Porto

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), C.R.S.A. † (1746)
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: Q64762213

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 198, Number 16,135
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1771, Number 28
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 250

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