Bishop João Antônio Pimenta †

Deceased

Bishop of Montes Claros, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Dec 1859		Born
10 Jun 1883	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Diamantina, Brazil
21 Feb 1906	46.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
21 Feb 1906	46.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Pentacomia
20 May 1906	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Pentacomia
7 Mar 1911	51.2	Appointed	Bishop of Montes Claros, Brazil
20 Jul 1943	83.6	Died	Bishop of Montes Claros, Brazil

MicroData Summary
João Antônio Pimenta
Bishop João Antônio Pimenta
(born 11 Dec 1859, died 20 Jul 1943)
Bishop of Montes Claros

Event Place
Birth Place Capelinha

a priest for 60.1 years
a bishop for 37.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joaquim Silvério de Souza †
Bishop of Diamantina
Assisted by:
Father Lúcio Antunes de Souza †
Priest of Diamantina

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joaquim Silvério de Souza † (1902)
Bishop of Diamantina
Bishop Silvério Gomes Pimenta † (1890)
Bishop of Mariana
Bishop Pedro Maria de Lacerda † (1869)
Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Bishop Antônio Ferreira Viçoso, C.M. † (1844)
Bishop of Mariana
Bishop Manoel de Monte Rodrigues de Araújo † (1840)
Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Bishop José Antônio dos Reis † (1832)
Bishop of Cuiabá
Bishop Manoel Joaquim Gonçalves de Andrade † (1827)
Bishop of São Paulo
Bishop José Caetano da Silva Coutinho † (1807)
Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Bishop José Maria de Melo, C.O. † (1787)
Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}
Bishop José da Costa e Torres †
Bishop of Funchal

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop João Batista Becker † (1908)
Bishop Pio de Freitas Silveira, C.M. † (1929)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q10311075

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1906, Number 34

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