Bishop Vicente da Gamal Leao †

Deceased

Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Titular Bishop of Etalonia (Hetalonia)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Sep 1713		Born
7 Jan 1741	27.2	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
14 Jan 1741	27.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
19 Jul 1756	42.8	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
19 Jul 1756	42.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Etalonia (Hetalonia)
24 Oct 1756	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Etalonia (Hetalonia)
11 Dec 1773⁶	60.2	Resigned	Coadjutor Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1 Oct 1791³	78.0	Died	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain ; ⁶ Before

MicroData Summary
Vicente da Gamal Leao
Bishop Vicente da Gamal Leao
(born 22 Sep 1713, died 1 Oct 1791)
Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

Event Place
Birth Place Espinhal

a priest for 50.7 years
a bishop for 34.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop José Dantas Barbosa †
Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Antônio de São José Moura Marinho, O.E.S.A. †
Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão
Bishop Gaspar Afonso da Costa Brandão †
Bishop of Funchal

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop José Dantas Barbosa † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Titular Bishop of Targa
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: Q64746053

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1756, Number 24
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 234, and Page 371

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