Archbishop José Avelino Bettencourt

Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroun

Titular Archbishop of Aemona

Apostolic Nuncio to Equatorial Guinea

Motto: Fides Spes Charitas

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 May 1962		Born
29 May 1993	31.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
26 Feb 2018	55.7	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Aemona
26 Feb 2018	55.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio
1 Mar 2018	55.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia
8 Mar 2018	55.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia
19 Mar 2018	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Aemona
30 Aug 2023	61.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroun
30 Aug 2023	61.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Equatorial Guinea

MicroData Summary
José Avelino Bettencourt
Archbishop José Avelino Bettencourt
(born 23 May 1962)
Apostolic Nuncio of Cameroun

Event Place
Birth Place Velas, Diocese of Angra, Portugal
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Please contact the Archbishop through the Nunciature to Cameroun.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Marcel André Joseph Gervais †
Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario
Principal Consecrator:
Pope Francis
(Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Pietro Cardinal Parolin
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela
Fernando Cardinal Filoni
Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in San Giovanni di Dio

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Francis (1992)
(Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. †)
Antonio Cardinal Quarracino † (1962)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Bishop Anunciado Serafini † (1935)
Bishop of Mercedes
Archbishop Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland † (1935)
Archbishop of Paraná
Archbishop Filippo Cortesi † (1921)
Titular Archbishop of Siraces
Antonio Cardinal Vico † (1898)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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):

WikiData: Q1574015

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 26 Feb 2018
ob/c2: CB, 26 Feb 2018
ab: Bollettino, 1 Mar 2018
ab: Bollettino, 8 Mar 2018
c34: CB, 19 Mar 2018
b/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 235, Number 19,695
ab: Bollettino, 30 Aug 2023

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