Américo Cardinal Ferreira dos Santos Silva †

Deceased

Bishop of Porto, Portugal

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Jan 1829		Born
26 Sep 1852	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Porto, Portugal
31 May 1871	42.3	Selected	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
26 Jun 1871	42.4	Confirmed	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
10 Sep 1871	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
12 May 1879	50.3	Elevated to Cardinal
27 Feb 1880	51.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
21 Jan 1899	70.0	Died	Bishop of Porto, Portugal

MicroData Summary
Américo Ferreira dos Santos Silva
Américo Cardinal Ferreira dos Santos Silva
(born 16 Jan 1829, died 21 Jan 1899)
Bishop of Porto

Consistory - May 1879: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Porto, Diocese of Porto
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Death Place Porto, Diocese of Porto
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Porto, Diocese of Porto

a priest for 46.3 years
a bishop for 27.3 years
a cardinal for 19.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Patriarch Inácio do Nascimento Morais Cardoso †
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop José Lino de Oliveira †
Bishop Emeritus of Angola e Congo
Bishop José Luis Alves Feijo, O.SS.T. †
Bishop of Bragança e Miranda

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Patriarch Inácio do Nascimento Morais Cardoso † (1864)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Manuel Bento Cardinal Rodrigues da Silva † (1846)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Guilherme Cardinal Henriques de Carvalho † (1843)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Francisco de São Luiz (Manoel Justiniano) Cardinal Saraiva, O.S.B. † (1822)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Archbishop Vicente da Soledade e Castro, O.S.B. † (1820)
Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
Bishop Jerónimo do Barco, O.F.M. Ref. †
Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Mártens † (1875)
Archbishop António Aires de Gouveia (Ayres de Gouvea) † (1884)
Archbishop António Pedro da Costa † (1887)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Manuel Correia de Bastos Pina † (1872)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Porto, Diocese of Porto
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Death Place	Porto, Diocese of Porto
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Porto, Diocese of Porto

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/66251
VIAF: 171849481
WikiData: Q2256581

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 465, and Page 48
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 12 May 1879
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1871, Number 29

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