Bishop José Terceiro de Sousa †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Jul 1908		Born
30 Nov 1933	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 Feb 1948	39.5	Appointed	Bishop of Caetité, Bahia, Brazil
20 Jun 1948	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Caetité, Bahia, Brazil
9 Dec 1955	47.4	Resigned	Bishop of Caetité, Bahia, Brazil
9 Dec 1955	47.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
9 Dec 1955	47.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Letopolis
9 Nov 1957	49.3	Appointed	Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
24 Mar 1976	67.7	Resigned	Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil
14 Jul 1983	75.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil

MicroData Summary
José Terceiro de Sousa
Bishop José Terceiro de Sousa
(born 7 Jul 1908, died 14 Jul 1983)
Bishop Emeritus of Penedo

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 Bôa Viagem, Diocese of Fortaleza (Ceará)
Ordained Bishop Russas
Death Place Fortaleza, Archdiocese of Fortaleza, Ceara

a priest for 49.6 years
a bishop for 35.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Manoel da Silva Gomes †
Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Aureliano de Matos †
Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francisco de Assis Pires †
Bishop of Crato, Ceara
Bishop João Batista Portocarrero Costa †
Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Aureliano de Matos † (1940)
Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte, Ceara
Archbishop Manoel da Silva Gomes † (1911)
Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara
Archbishop Jerónimo Thomé da Silva † (1890)
Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Elizeu Simões Mendes † (1950)
Bishop Expedito Eduardo de Oliveira † (1953)
Bishop José Bezerra Coutinho † (1956)
Archbishop José Pedro de Araújo Costa † (1957)
Mister Caetano Antônio Lima dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. † (1958)
Bishop José Mauro Ramalho de Alarcón Santiago † (1962)
Bishop Homero Leite Meira † (1978)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q10310571

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1948, Number 66

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