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Archbishop Francisco de Assis Pires †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Crato, Ceara

Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia

Events

a priest for 56.8 years a bishop for 28.2 years

Principal Consecrator: Augusto Álvaro Cardinal da Silva † Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Ranulfo da Silva Farias † Archbishop Adalberto Accioli Sobral †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Francisco de Assis Pires † (1931) Augusto Álvaro Cardinal da Silva † (1911) Archbishop Luís Raimundo da Silva Brito † (1901) Joaquim Cardinal Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti † (1890) Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882) Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872) Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851) Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822) 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 Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Aureliano de Matos † Bishop Felipe Benito Condurú Pacheco † Bishop José Terceiro de Sousa † Bishop Antônio de Mendonça Monteiro † Bishop Vicente de Paulo Araújo Matos †

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