Bishop António José Rafael

Bishop Emeritus of Bragança-Miranda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Nov 1925		Born	Paradinha
22 Aug 1948	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
2 Dec 1976	51.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
2 Dec 1976	51.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Budua
13 Feb 1977	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Budua
26 Feb 1979	53.3	Appointed	Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
13 Jun 2001	75.6	Retired	Bishop of Bragança-Miranda, Portugal

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Bragança-Miranda.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Angelo Cardinal Felici †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop António de Castro Xavier Monteiro †
Bishop Manuel de Jesus Pereira †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop António José Rafael (1977)
Angelo Cardinal Felici † (1967)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
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 Manuel Neto Quintas, S.C.I.
Bishop António Montes Moreira, O.F.M.

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