Bishop Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga

Bishop Emeritus of Benguela

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Sep 1931		Born	Malanje
26 Jul 1964	32.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
20 Nov 1974	43.1	Appointed	Bishop of Benguela, Angola
2 Feb 1975	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Benguela, Angola
18 Feb 2008	76.4	Retired	Bishop of Benguela, Angola

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Benguela.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Manuel Nunes Gabriel †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Eduardo André Muaca †
Archbishop Zacarias Kamwenho

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga (1975)
Archbishop Manuel Nunes Gabriel † (1957)
Fernando Cardinal Cento † (1922)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci Porcelli † (1895)
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (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:
Bishop Mário Lucunde
Bishop Emílio Sumbelelo
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pedro Marcos Ribeiro da Costa
Bishop Paulino Fernandes Madeca †
Bishop José Nambi

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