Bishop Maria José a Santo Tomas, O.P. †

Deceased

Prelate of Mozambico

Titular Bishop of Pentacomia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Jan 1747		Born
18 Jul 1783	36.5	Appointed	Prelate of Mozambico
18 Jul 1783	36.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Pentacomia
28 Oct 1785	38.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Pentacomia
18 Jul 1801	54.5	Died	Prelate of Mozambico

MicroData Summary
Maria José a Santo Tomas
Bishop Maria José a Santo Tomas O.P.
(born 15 Jan 1747, died 18 Jul 1801)
Prelate of Mozambico

Event Place
Birth Place Ponte da Barca, Portugal

a bishop for 15.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Emmanuel Felix Soares (de Santa Catarina), O.C.D. †
Archbishop of Goa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Emmanuel Felix Soares (de Santa Catarina), O.C.D. † (1778)
Archbishop of Goa
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)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q19974237

Source(s):

b/c2: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1785, Number 39
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 332, and Page 455

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