Bishop António Vasconcelos e Sousa †

Deceased

Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Aug 1645		Born
15 Oct 1692	47.1	Appointed	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
22 Feb 1693	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
14 Dec 1705	60.2	Appointed	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
23 Dec 1717	72.3	Died	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal

MicroData Summary
António Vasconcelos e Sousa
Bishop António Vasconcelos e Sousa
(born 28 Aug 1645, died 23 Dec 1717)
Bishop of Coimbra

Event Place
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Lisboa, Archdiocese of Lisboa

a bishop for 24.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Luis de Sousa †
Archbishop of Lisboa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop José de Barros Alarcão †
Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Bishop João de Sousa †
Bishop of Porto

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Luis de Sousa † (1671)
Archbishop of Lisboa
Bishop Manuel de Noroña, O.F.M. † (1671)
Bishop of Guarda
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)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Timóteo do Sacramento, O.S.P.P.E. † (1693)
Nuno Cardinal da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Assisted:
Bishop Manuel de Noroña, O.F.M. † (1671)
Bishop Estevão dos Santos Carneiro de Moraes, C.R.S.J.E. † (1671)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64763016

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 163, and Page 234
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1693, Number 4
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 76, Number 6,086

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