Bishop José António Pinto de Mendonça Arrais †

Deceased

Bishop of Guarda, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 May 1746		Born
26 Sep 1779	33.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
8 Aug 1782	36.2	Selected	Bishop of Pinhel, Portugal
16 Dec 1782	36.5	Confirmed	Bishop of Pinhel, Portugal
16 Feb 1783	36.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Pinhel, Portugal
30 Mar 1797	50.8	Selected	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
18 Dec 1797	51.5	Confirmed	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
19 Apr 1822	75.8	Died	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal

MicroData Summary
José António Pinto de Mendonça Arrais
Bishop José António Pinto de Mendonça Arrais
(born 26 May 1746, died 19 Apr 1822)
Bishop of Guarda

Event Place
Birth Place Seia
Ordained Bishop dos Remedios, Church, Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}

a priest for 42.5 years
a bishop for 39.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.E.S.A. †
Archbishop of Goa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Bartolomeu Manoel Mendes dos Reis †
Bishop Emeritus of Mariana
Bishop Alexandre da Silva Pedrosa Guimarães †
Bishop of Macau

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.E.S.A. † (1773)
Archbishop of Goa
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), C.R.S.A. † (1746)
Archbishop of Évora
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)

Principal Consecrator of:
Carlos Cardinal da Cunha e Menezes † (1819)
Patrício Cardinal da Silva, O.E.S.A. † (1820)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop José Maria de Melo, C.O. † (1787)
Bishop Francisco Gomes de Avelar, C.O. † (1789)
Bishop Manoel de Almeida de Carvalho † (1790)
Bishop Manuel de Aguiar † (1790)
Bishop Lourenço Correa de Sá e Benevides † (1796)
Bishop José Valério da Cruz, C.O. † (1799)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 99290294
WikiData: Q64733230

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 205, and Page 338
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1783, Number 5
ob.loc: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 81, Additions/Corrections (back)

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