Bishop José Maria da Fonseca de Évora, O.F.M. Obs. †

Deceased

Bishop of Porto, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Dec 1690³		Born
Dec 1715³	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor
2 Jan 1741	50.0	Appointed	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
12 Mar 1741	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
16 Jun 1752	61.5	Died	Bishop of Porto, Portugal

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
José Maria da Fonseca de Évora
Bishop José Maria da Fonseca de Évora O.F.M. Obs.
(born 11 Dec 1690, died 16 Jun 1752)
Bishop of Porto

Event Place
Birth Place Évora, Archdiocese of Évora
Ordained Bishop Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}

a priest for 36.5 years
a bishop for 11.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida †
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Hilário de Santa Rosa, O.F.M. Ref. †
Bishop of Macau
Bishop João do Nascimento (Marques de Fonseca), O.F.M. Ref. †
Bishop of Funchal

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Titular Bishop of Targa
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Bishop of Leiria
Bishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Bishop of Porto
Archbishop Veríssimo de Lencastre † (1671)
Archbishop Emeritus of Braga
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 Pedro de Villas Boas e Sampaio † (1743)
Bishop Bernardo António de Mello Osório † (1743)
Bishop Feliciano de Nossa Senhora † (1743)
Bishop João de Moreira, O.F.M. Ref. † (1743)
Bishop Francesco de Santa Rosa de Viterbo, O.F.M. Ref. † (1743)
Archbishop Francisco de Mello, O.F.M. Ref. † (1743)
Bishop João da Silva Ferreira † (1743)
Archbishop José Dantas Barbosa † (1743)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/57219
VIAF: 51641024
WikiData: Q3810566

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 346
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 114, Number 10,074
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1741, Number 18
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 51, Number 3,494

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