Bishop Policarpo da Costa Vaz †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Guarda, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Feb 1908		Born
21 Mar 1931	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Viseu, Portugal
17 Apr 1950	42.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
17 Apr 1950	42.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro
29 Jun 1950	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro
1952²	43.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
29 Jan 1954	45.9	Appointed	Bishop of Macau, China
9 Jul 1960	52.3	Appointed	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
17 Nov 1979	71.7	Resigned	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
4 Jan 1984	75.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Guarda, Portugal

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Policarpo da Costa Vaz
(WikiData: Q16926968)
Bishop Policarpo da Costa Vaz (born 22 Feb 1908, died 4 Jan 1984) Bishop Emeritus of Guarda

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 Barreiros, Diocese of Viseu
Ordained Bishop Viseu, Diocese of Viseu

a priest for 52.7 years
a bishop for 33.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop José da Cruz Moreira Pinto †
Bishop of Viseu
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Agostinho de Jesus e Souza †
Bishop of Porto
Bishop António Ferreira Gomes †
Bishop of Portalegre

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop José da Cruz Moreira Pinto † (1928)
Bishop of Viseu
Archbishop Manuel Mendes da Conceição Santos † (1916)
Archbishop of Évora
António Cardinal Mendes Bello † (1884)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
José Sebastião (d’Almeida) Cardinal Neto, O.F.M. Disc. † (1880)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Archbishop Gaetano Aloisi Masella † (1877)
Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 João Antonio da Silva Saraiva † (1965)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Barreiros, Diocese of Viseu
Ordained Bishop	Viseu, Diocese of Viseu

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1950, Number 39
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 28 Dec 2019

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