Bishop Jerónimo José de Mata, C.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Macau, China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Dec 1804		Born
1825²	20.0	Professed	Member of Congregation of the Mission
17 Dec 1829	24.9	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Congregation of the Mission
19 Dec 1829	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
18 Dec 1843	39.0	Selected	Coadjutor Bishop of Macau, China
17 Jun 1844	39.4	Confirmed	Coadjutor Bishop of Macau, China
17 Jun 1844	39.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Colophon
28 Mar 1845	40.2	Succeeded	Bishop of Macau, China
21 Dec 1846	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Macau, China
25 Sep 1862	57.7	Resigned	Bishop of Macau, China
5 May 1865	60.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Macau, China

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Jerónimo José de Mata
Bishop Jerónimo José de Mata C.M.
(born 18 Dec 1804, died 5 May 1865)
Bishop Emeritus of Macau

Event Place
Birth Place Arnoia, Archdiocese of Braga, Portugal
Ordained Bishop S. Dominique, Macau, Diocese of Macau
Death Place Campo Maior, Diocese of Portalegre, Portugal

a priest for 35.3 years
a bishop for 18.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Romualdo Jimeno Ballesteros, O.P. †
Bishop of Cebu
Assisted by:
Father Antonio José Dias de Lima
Vicar General of Macau
Father José Leite, C.M.
Priest of Congregation of the Mission

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Romualdo Jimeno Ballesteros, O.P. † (1841)
Bishop of Cebu
Bishop St. Jerónimo Hermosilla, O.P. † (1841)
Titular Bishop of Miletopolis
Bishop Pierre-André Retord, M.E.P. † (1840)
Titular Bishop of Achantus
Archbishop José Maria Seguí Molas, O.S.A. † (1830)
Archbishop of Manila
Bishop Juan Antonio Lillo, O.F.M. Disc. † (1829)
Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina
Bishop Francisco Albán Barreiro, O.P. † (1818)
Bishop of Nueva Segovia
Archbishop Juan Antonio Zulaibar y Aldape, O.P. † (1805)
Archbishop of Manila
Bishop Domingo Collantes, O.P. † (1790)
Bishop of Nueva Caceres
Archbishop Juan Antonio Gallego y Orbigo, O.F.M. Disc. † (1779)
Archbishop of Manila
Archbishop Basilio Tomás Sancho y Hernando (de Santas Justa y Rufina), Sch. P. † (1766)
Archbishop of Manila
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Arnoia, Archdiocese of Braga, Portugal
Ordained Bishop	S. Dominique, Macau, Diocese of Macau
Death Place	Campo Maior, Diocese of Portalegre, Portugal

External Link(s):

VIAF: 98845536
WikiData: Q16926939

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 156, and Page 248
b/c2+: Episcopologio Español, Volume 1,700, Page 151, Number 827
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1846, Number 39
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 19 Jan 2020

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