Archbishop José Gaspar d’Afonseca e Silva †

Deceased

Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jan 1901		Born
12 Aug 1923	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of São Paulo, Brazil
23 Feb 1935	34.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
23 Feb 1935	34.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Barca
28 Apr 1935	34.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Barca
29 Jul 1939	38.5	Appointed	Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil
17 Sep 1939	38.6	Installed	Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil
27 Aug 1943	42.6	Died	Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil

MicroData Summary
José Gaspar d’Afonseca e Silva
Archbishop José Gaspar d’Afonseca e Silva
(born 6 Jan 1901, died 27 Aug 1943)
Archbishop of São Paulo

Event Place
Birth Place Araxá, Diocese of Goiás
Ordained Bishop Santa Cecilia, Church, São Paulo, Archdiocese of São Paulo
Death Place Rio de Janeiro, Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

a priest for 20.0 years
a bishop for 8.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva †
Archbishop of São Paulo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Antonio Colturato, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop of Uberaba
Bishop Gastão Liberal Pinto †
Titular Bishop of Hippos

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Archbishop of São Paulo
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Raimundo Luí, O. Carm. † (1939)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Manuel da Silveira d’Elboux † (1940)
Bishop Ernesto de Paula † (1942)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q3186295

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1935, Number 29

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