Bishop Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva

Bishop Emeritus of Leiria-Fátima

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Jun 1930		Born	Santa Maria de Avioso
1 Aug 1954	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
30 Apr 1979	48.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
30 Apr 1979	48.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lemellefa
16 Jun 1979	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lemellefa
1981	50.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa, Portugal
7 May 1987	56.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal
2 Feb 1993	62.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal
22 Apr 2006	75.8	Retired	Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Leiria-Fátima.

a priest for years
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Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Eurico Dias Nogueira
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop António Ferreira Gomes †
Archbishop António de Castro Xavier Monteiro †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva (1979)
Archbishop Eurico Dias Nogueira (1964)
Archbishop Ernesto Sena de Oliveira † (1931)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Anacleto Cordeiro Gonçalves de Oliveira

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