Bishop Luís Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Lichinga, Mozambique

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Apr 1923		Born
11 Jul 1953	30.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
10 Nov 1972	49.6	Appointed	Bishop of Vila Cabral, Mozambique
17 Dec 1972	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Vila Cabral, Mozambique
25 Jan 2003	79.8	Retired	Bishop of Lichinga, Mozambique
7 Aug 2013	90.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Lichinga, Mozambique

MicroData Summary for Luís Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva
(VIAF: 100054137; WikiData: Q1878436)
Bishop Luís Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva S.J. (born 2 Apr 1923, died 7 Aug 2013) Bishop Emeritus of Lichinga

Event Place
Birth Place Rebordões, Portugal
Ordained Bishop Nossa Senhora dos Gracas, Vila Cabral, Diocese of Vila Cabral

a priest for 60.0 years
a bishop for 40.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Sensi †
Titular Archbishop of Sardes
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francisco Nunes Teixeira †
Bishop of Quelimane
Bishop Augusto César Alves Ferreira da Silva, C.M.
Bishop of Tete

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Sensi † (1955)
Titular Archbishop of Sardes
Valerio Cardinal Valeri † (1927)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Donato Raffaele Cardinal Sbarretti (Tazza) † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Archbishop Sebastiano Martinelli, O.E.S.A. † (1896)
Titular Archbishop of Ephesus
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Hilário da Cruz Massinga, O.F.M. (2003)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paulo Mandlate, S.S.S. † (1976)

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 164, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: CB, 8 Aug 2013
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 216, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 23, Number 1,277

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