Bishop António Augusto de Castro Meireles †

Deceased

Bishop of Porto

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Aug 1885		Born	S. Vincenzo de Boim
1908	22.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
20 Dec 1923	38.4	Appointed	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
29 Jun 1924	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
20 Jun 1928	42.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Porto, Portugal
20 Jun 1928	42.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lamia
21 Jun 1929	43.9	Succeeded	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
29 Mar 1942	56.6	Died	Bishop of Porto, Portugal

a priest for 34.2 years
a bishop for 17.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop António Barbosa Leão †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop António Augusto de Castro Meireles † (1924)
Bishop António Barbosa Leão † (1906)
Bishop António José de Souza Barroso † (1891)
José Sebastião Cardinal d'Almeida Neto, O.F.M. † (1880)
Gaetano Cardinal Aloisi Masella † (1877)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Manuel Marilla Ferreira da Silva †
Bishop Faustino Moreira dos Santos, C.S.Sp. †

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