Bishop Fernando de Faro †

Deceased

Bishop of Elvas, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 May 1668³		Born
24 Aug 1707	39.3	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
28 Aug 1707	39.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
7 May 1714	46.0	Appointed	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
10 Jul 1714	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
14 Oct 1714	46.4	Died	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Fernando de Faro
Bishop Fernando de Faro
(born 1 May 1668, died 14 Oct 1714)
Bishop of Elvas

Event Place
Birth Place Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}

a priest for 7.1 years
a bishop for .2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Nuno Cardinal da Cunha e Ataíde †
Cardinal-Priest
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Manoel da Silva Frances †
Titular Bishop of Thagaste
Bishop José de Oliveira, O.E.S.A. †
Bishop Emeritus of Angola e Congo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Nuno Cardinal da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Cardinal-Priest
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Bishop of Leiria
Bishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Bishop of Porto
Archbishop Veríssimo de Lencastre † (1671)
Archbishop Emeritus of Braga
Bishop Francesco Ravizza † (1667)
Titular Bishop of Sidon
Neri Cardinal Corsini † (1652)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Fabio Cardinal Chigi † (1635)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1635)
Bishop of Malta
Francesco Maria Cardinal Brancaccio † (1627)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Cosimo Cardinal de Torres † (1621)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
Maffeo (Virginio Romolo) Cardinal Barberini † (1604)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Patriarch Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (1588)
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga † (1585)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Pius V (1556)
(St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Archbishop of Taranto
Pope Clement VII (1517)
(Giulio de’ Medici †)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64745570

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 199, Number 16,211
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1714, Number 14
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 195
b/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 223, Number 18,444

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