Bishop Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão

Bishop Emeritus of Beja

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Nov 1922		Born	Lisboa
29 Jun 1951	28.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 Dec 1966	44.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa, Portugal
6 Dec 1966	44.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thelepte
22 Jan 1967	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thelepte
1974	51.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Beja, Portugal
8 Sep 1980	57.8	Succeeded	Bishop of Beja, Portugal
25 Jan 1999	76.2	Retired	Bishop of Beja, Portugal

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Beja.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Manuel Cardinal Gonçalves Cerejeira †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop António de Castro Xavier Monteiro †
Bishop António de Campos †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão (1967)
Manuel Cardinal Gonçalves Cerejeira † (1928)
Bishop Manuel Luís Coelho da Silva † (1915)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop João Alves
José Cardinal da Cruz Policarpo
Bishop Manuel Madureira Dias
Bishop Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente

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