Pedro Paulo Cardinal de Figuereido da Cunha e Melo †

Deceased

Archbishop of Braga, Portugal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Jun 1770		Born
16 Dec 1842	72.4	Selected	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
3 Apr 1843	72.7	Confirmed	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
10 Sep 1843	73.2	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
30 Sep 1850	80.2	Elevated to Cardinal
31 Dec 1855	85.5	Died	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal

MicroData Summary for Pedro Paulo de Figuereido da Cunha e Melo
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Pedro Paulo Cardinal de Figuereido da Cunha e Melo (born 19 Jun 1770, died 31 Dec 1855) Archbishop of Braga

Consistory - 1850: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Taveiro, Diocese of Coimbra
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Braga, Archdiocese of Braga
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Braga, Archdiocese of Braga

a bishop for 12.3 years
a cardinal for 5.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jerónimo do Barco, O.F.M. Ref. †
Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jerónimo do Barco, O.F.M. Ref. †
Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop António Bernardo da Fonseca Monís † (1844)
Bishop Joaquim Pereira Ferraz, O.S.B. † (1850)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Taveiro, Diocese of Coimbra
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Braga, Archdiocese of Braga
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Braga, Archdiocese of Braga

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 117
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1843, Number 46

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a bishop for 12.3 years a cardinal for 5.2 years	Principal Consecrator: Bishop Jerónimo do Barco, O.F.M. Ref. † Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Jerónimo do Barco, O.F.M. Ref. † Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde	Principal Consecrator of: Bishop António Bernardo da Fonseca Monís † (1844) Bishop Joaquim Pereira Ferraz, O.S.B. † (1850)