Bishop António Joaquim Torrão †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Évora

Titular Bishop of Lagania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Nov 1709		Born	Serpa
6 Apr 1733	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
8 Mar 1773	63.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Évora, Portugal
8 Mar 1773	63.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lagania
3 Oct 1773	63.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lagania

Principal Consecrator:
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop António Joaquim Torrão † (1773)
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. † (1746)
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Nuno Cardinal da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Archbishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Veríssimo Cardinal de Lencastre †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop António Freire Gameiro de Sousa †
Bishop Francisco de Lemos de Faria Pereira Coutinho †
Bishop Gabriel Álvarez de Faria y Sánchez Zarzosa †

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1795
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi

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