Bishop Francisco Antunes Santana †

Deceased

Bishop of Funchal, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Oct 1924		Born
29 Jun 1948	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
18 Mar 1974	49.4	Appointed	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
21 Apr 1974	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
5 Mar 1982	57.4	Died	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal

MicroData Summary
Francisco Antunes Santana
Bishop Francisco Antunes Santana
(born 11 Oct 1924, died 5 Mar 1982)
Bishop of Funchal

Event Place
Birth Place Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}

a priest for 33.6 years
a bishop for 7.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
António Cardinal Ribeiro †
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop António dos Reis Rodrigues †
Titular Bishop of Madarsuma
Bishop Maurílio Jorge Quintal de Gouveia †
Titular Bishop of Sebana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

António Cardinal Ribeiro † (1967)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Manuel Cardinal Gonçalves Cerejeira † (1928)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Manuel Luís Coelho da Silva † (1915)
Bishop of Coimbra
Bishop António José de Souza Barroso † (1891)
Bishop of Porto
José Sebastião (d’Almeida) Cardinal Neto, O.F.M. Disc. † (1880)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Archbishop Gaetano Aloisi Masella † (1877)
Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

VIAF: 98667783
WikiData: Q1441869

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 151, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 25, Number 1,448

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