Americo Cardinal Ferreira dos Santos Silva †

Deceased

Bishop of Porto

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Jan 1829		Born	Porto
26 Sep 1852	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Porto, Portugal
31 May 1871	42.4	Selected	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
26 Jun 1871	42.4	Confirmed	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
10 Sep 1871	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
12 May 1879	50.3	Elevated to Cardinal
27 Feb 1880	51.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
21 Jan 1899	70.0	Died	Bishop of Porto, Portugal

Consistory - May 1879: Created Cardinal

a priest for 46.3 years
a bishop for 27.4 years
a cardinal for 19.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Inácio do Nascimento Cardinal Morais Cardoso †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Americo Cardinal Ferreira dos Santos Silva † (1871)
Inácio do Nascimento Cardinal Morais Cardoso † (1863)
Manuel Bento Cardinal Rodrigues da Silva † (1846)
Guilherme Cardinal Henriques de Carvalho † (1843)
Francisco de São Luiz (Manoel Justiniano) Cardinal Saraiva, O.S.B. † (1822)
Archbishop Vicente da Soledade e Castro, O.S.B. †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens † (1875)
Archbishop António Aires de Gouveia (Ayres de Gouvea) † (1884)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Manuel Correia de Bastos Pina † (1872)

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 465, and Page 48
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 12 May 1879

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