Bishop José Affonso de Moraes Torres, C.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Jan 1805		Born	Rio de Janeiro
1 Mar 1828	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
22 Jan 1844	39.0	Appointed	Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
21 Apr 1844	39.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
24 Sep 1857	52.7	Resigned	Bishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
19 Nov 1865	60.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Belém do Pará, Brazil

a priest for 37.7 years
a bishop for 21.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Manoel de Monte Rodrigues de Araújo †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pedro de Santa Mariana e Souza, O.C.D. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop José Affonso de Moraes Torres, C.M. † (1844)
Bishop Manoel de Monte Rodrigues de Araújo † (1840)
Bishop José Antônio dos Reis † (1832)
Bishop Manoel Joaquim Gonçalves de Andrade † (1827)
Bishop José Caetano da Silva Coutinho † (1807)
Bishop José Maria de Melo †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Antônio Ferreira Viçoso, C.M. †

Home | Search | Countries | Religious Orders | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Statistics
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2008
code: v2.5.0, 1 Jan 08; data: 17 Jan 08