Bishop João Rafael de Mendonça, O.S.H. †

Deceased

Date	Age	Event	Title
May 1717		Born	Lisbon
30 Apr 1741	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Orden de San Jerónimo
17 Jun 1771	54.1	Appointed	Bishop of Pinhel, Portugal
29 Jul 1771	54.2	Appointed	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
10 Nov 1771	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
6 Jun 1793	76.1	Died	Bishop of Porto, Portugal

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 5, Page 192

a priest for 52.1 years a bishop for 21.6 years	Principal Consecrator: Francisco Cardinal de Saldanha da Gama † Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Francisco Cardinal de Saldanha da Gama † (1759) Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon} Archbishop José Dantas Barbosa † Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia	Principal Consecrator of: José Francisco Miguel António Cardinal de Mendonça Valdereis † (1788) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Nicolau Joaquim Torel da Cunha Manuel † (1771) Bishop José de Jesus Maria Cayetano Carvalho, O.P. † (1771)