Bishop Alberto Cosme do Amaral, Opus Dei †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Oct 1916		Born
13 Aug 1939	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lamego, Portugal
8 Jul 1964	47.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
8 Jul 1964	47.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tagaria
23 Aug 1964	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tagaria
1 Jul 1972	55.7	Appointed	Bishop of Leiria, Portugal
2 Feb 1993	76.3	Retired	Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal
7 Oct 2005	88.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal

MicroData Summary for Alberto Cosme do Amaral
(VIAF: 48259135; WikiData: Q24718603)
Bishop Alberto Cosme do Amaral Opus Dei (born 12 Oct 1916, died 7 Oct 2005) Bishop Emeritus of Leiria-Fátima

Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Touro, Diocese of Lamego
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Porto, Diocese of Porto
Death Place Fatima, Diocese of Leiria-Fátima

a priest for 66.1 years
a bishop for 41.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Florentino de Andrade e Silva †
Titular Bishop of Heliosebaste
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Ernesto Sena de Oliveira †
Bishop of Coimbra
Bishop João da Silva Campos Neves †
Bishop of Lamego

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Florentino de Andrade e Silva † (1955)
Titular Bishop of Heliosebaste
Bishop António Ferreira Gomes † (1948)
Bishop of Porto
Bishop Agostinho de Jesus e Souza † (1921)
Bishop of Porto
Archbishop Manuel Vieira de Matos † (1899)
Archbishop of Braga
Bishop José Dias Correia de Carvalho † (1871)
Bishop of Viseu
Bishop José Luis Alves Feijo, O.SS.T. † (1865)
Bishop of Bragança e Miranda
Archbishop Innocenzo Ferrieri † (1847)
Titular Archbishop of Side
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Horácio Coelho Cristino † (1987)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Touro, Diocese of Lamego
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Porto, Diocese of Porto
Death Place	Fatima, Diocese of Leiria-Fátima

Source(s):

d: CB
c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 183, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1964, Number 87

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