Bishop Richard Russell †

Deceased

Bishop of Viseu, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1630¹		Born
1 Jul 1671	41.5	Appointed	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
27 Sep 1671	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Portalegre, Portugal
10 Sep 1685	55.6	Appointed	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
15 Nov 1693	63.8	Died	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Richard Russell
Bishop Richard Russell
(born 1630, died 15 Nov 1693)
Bishop of Viseu

Event Place
Birth Place Berkshire, Vicariate Apostolic of England (and Wales), Great Britain
Ordained Bishop Sts. Peter and Paul Chapel, English College, Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}

a bishop for 22.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Veríssimo de Lencastre †
Archbishop of Braga
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francisco Barreto †
Bishop of Faro {Algarve}
Bishop João de Melo †
Bishop of Elvas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Veríssimo de Lencastre † (1671)
Archbishop 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 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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jerónimo Soares † (1690)
Archbishop Agostinho da Anunciação, Ord. D.N.J.C. † (1690)
Bishop José Saldanha, O.F.M. Disc. † (1690)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 99494975
WikiData: Q19043499

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 320, and Page 417
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1671, Number 48
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 57, Number 4,203
bp/bd/d/loc: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 87, Additions/Corrections (back)

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