Bishop Vitorino José Pereira Soares

Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Oct 1960		Born
14 Jul 1985	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Porto, Portugal
17 Jul 2019	58.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
17 Jul 2019	58.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gisipa
29 Sep 2019	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gisipa
14 Jul 2026	65.7	Appointed	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
19 Sep 2026	65.9	Installed	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal

MicroData Summary
Vitorino José Pereira Soares
Bishop Vitorino José Pereira Soares
(born 19 Oct 1960)
Bishop of Faro {Algarve}

Event Place
Birth Place Luzim (Penafiel), Diocese of Porto
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Porto, Diocese of Porto

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Faro {Algarve}.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Manuel da Silva Rodrigues Linda
Bishop of Porto
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Armando Esteves Domingues
Titular Bishop of Centenaria
Bishop António Maria Bessa Taipa
Titular Bishop of Tabbora

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Manuel da Silva Rodrigues Linda (2009)
Bishop of Porto
Bishop Joaquim Gonçalves † (1981)
Bishop of Vila Real
Archbishop Eurico Dias Nogueira † (1964)
Archbishop of Braga
Archbishop Ernesto Sena de Oliveira † (1931)
Bishop of Coimbra
Manuel Cardinal Gonçalves Cerejeira † (1928)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Manuel Luís Coelho da Silva † (1915)
Bishop of Coimbra
Bishop António José de Souza Barroso † (1891)
Bishop of Porto
José Sebastião (d’Almeida) Cardinal Neto, O.F.M. Disc. † (1880)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Archbishop Gaetano Aloisi Masella † (1877)
Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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):

VIAF: 99732966
WikiData: Q65613199

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 17 Jul 2019
ob: CB, 17 Jul 2019
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 241, Number 20,247
ab: Bollettino, 14 Jul 2026

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