Bishop Francisco de São Simão, O.F.M. Ref. †

Deceased

Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Oct 1726³		Born
22 Jun 1751	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Reformed Friars Minor
30 Dec 1778	52.1	Selected	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
1 Mar 1779	52.3	Confirmed	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
18 Apr 1779	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
10 Aug 1783	56.8	Died	Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Francisco de São Simão
Bishop Francisco de São Simão O.F.M. Ref.
(born 21 Oct 1726, died 10 Aug 1783)
Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde

Event Place
Birth Place Aguda, Portugal

a priest for 32.1 years
a bishop for 4.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio Bonifacio Coelho †
Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Bartolomeu Manoel Mendes dos Reis †
Bishop Emeritus of Mariana
Bishop Miguel António Barreto de Meneses †
Bishop of Miranda (do Douro)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antonio Bonifacio Coelho † (1770)
Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia
Francisco Cardinal de Saldanha da Gama † (1759)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
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)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jacinto Carlos da Silveira † (1779)
Bishop Vicente do Espirito Santo, O.A.D. † (1779)
Bishop José do Menino Jesus (Deus), O.C.D. † (1780)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64735397

Source(s):

b: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1779, Number 8
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 240

Home | Countries | Religious Men Women | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils
Eastern Catholic Churches

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2026
Code: web_b, v3.4.3, 19 May 2025; Data: 29 Aug 2026

✠