Archbishop António Pedro da Costa †

Deceased

Bishop of Damão, India

Titular Archbishop of Cranganore

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Oct 1840		Born
23 Dec 1865	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
14 Mar 1887	46.4	Appointed	Bishop of Damão, India
14 Mar 1887	46.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Cranganore
17 Apr 1887	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Damão, India
30 Jan 1900	59.2	Died	Bishop of Damão, India

MicroData Summary
António Pedro da Costa
Archbishop António Pedro da Costa
(born 13 Oct 1840, died 30 Jan 1900)
Bishop of Damão

Event Place
Birth Place Santarém, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Porto, Diocese of Porto, Portugal

a priest for 34.1 years
a bishop for 12.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Américo Cardinal Ferreira dos Santos Silva †
Bishop of Porto

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Américo Cardinal Ferreira dos Santos Silva † (1871)
Bishop of Porto
Patriarch Inácio do Nascimento Morais Cardoso † (1864)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Manuel Bento Cardinal Rodrigues da Silva † (1846)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Guilherme Cardinal Henriques de Carvalho † (1843)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Francisco de São Luiz (Manoel Justiniano) Cardinal Saraiva, O.S.B. † (1822)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Archbishop Vicente da Soledade e Castro, O.S.B. † (1820)
Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
Bishop Jerónimo do Barco, O.F.M. Ref. †
Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Gaudêncio José Pereira † (1887)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 173791509
WikiData: Q9619934

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 238
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1887, Number 17

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