Archbishop João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Braga

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Oct 1810		Born	Cantanhede, Portugal
19 Sep 1838	27.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
23 Mar 1860	49.4	Appointed	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
26 Aug 1860	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
22 Mar 1861	50.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Goa, India
17 Nov 1874	64.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
27 Nov 1876	66.1	Succeeded	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
Apr 1883	72.5	Resigned	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
22 Dec 1888	78.2	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, Portugal

a priest for 50.3 years
a bishop for 28.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Manuel Bento Cardinal Rodrigues da Silva †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Sebastião da Anunciação Gomes de Lemos, O.C.D. †
Bishop Joaquim Moreira Reis, O.S.B. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa, O.F.M. † (1860)
Manuel Bento Cardinal Rodrigues da Silva † (1846)
Guilherme Cardinal Henriques de Carvalho † (1843)
Francisco de São Luiz (Manoel Justiniano) Cardinal Saraiva, O.S.B. † (1822)
Archbishop Vicente da Soledade e Castro, O.S.B. †

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