Bishop António de Sousa Braga, S.C.I.

Bishop of Angra

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Mar 1941		Born	Santo Espirito
27 May 1970	29.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart
9 Apr 1996	55.1	Appointed	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
30 Jun 1996	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Angra, Portugal

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Angra.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Aurélio Granada Escudeiro †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop João Alves
Bishop Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop António de Sousa Braga, S.C.I. (1996)
Bishop Aurélio Granada Escudeiro † (1974)
António Cardinal Ribeiro † (1967)
Manuel Cardinal Gonçalves Cerejeira † (1928)
Bishop Manuel Luís Coelho da Silva † (1915)
Bishop António José de Souza Barroso † (1891)
José Sebastião Cardinal d’Almeida Neto, O.F.M. † (1880)
Gaetano Cardinal Aloisi Masella † (1877)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 José Alfredo Caires de Nobrega, S.C.I.

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 146, Number 12,767

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