Bishop Policarpo da Costa Vaz †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Guarda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Feb 1908		Born	Barreiros
21 Mar 1931	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Viseu, Portugal
17 Apr 1950	42.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
17 Apr 1950	42.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro
29 Jun 1950	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro
1952	43.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
29 Jan 1954	45.9	Appointed	Bishop of Macau, China
9 Jul 1960	52.4	Appointed	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
17 Nov 1979	71.7	Resigned	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
4 Jan 1984	75.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Guarda, Portugal

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a priest for 52.8 years
a bishop for 33.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop José da Cruz Moreira Pinto †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Policarpo da Costa Vaz † (1950)
Bishop José da Cruz Moreira Pinto † (1928)
Archbishop Emanuele Mendes da Conceição Santos † (1916)
António Cardinal Mendes Bello † (1884)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop João Antonio da Silva Saraiva †

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