Bishop João de Sousa de Castelo-Branco †

Deceased

Bishop of Elvas, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Jan 1676		Born
19 Dec 1699	23.9	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
23 Dec 1702	26.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 Jan 1716	40.0	Appointed	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
15 Mar 1716	40.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal
17 Mar 1728	52.1	Died	Bishop of Elvas, Portugal

MicroData Summary for João de Sousa de Castelo-Branco
(WikiData: Q64751126)
Bishop João de Sousa de Castelo-Branco (born 12 Jan 1676, died 17 Mar 1728) Bishop of Elvas

Event Place
Birth Place Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Ordained Bishop College St. Thomas, Elvas, Diocese of Elvas

a priest for 25.2 years
a bishop for 12.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Nuno Cardinal da Cunha e Ataíde †
Cardinal-Priest
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop José de Oliveira, O.E.S.A. †
Bishop Emeritus of Angola e Congo
Bishop Luis Simões Brandão †
Bishop of Angola e Congo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Nuno Cardinal da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Cardinal-Priest
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 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)

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 195
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1716, Number 9
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 60, Number 4,513

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