Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. †

Deceased

Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Nov 1751³		Born
6 Nov 1774	23.0	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance
28 May 1775	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance
7 Sep 1782	30.8	Selected	Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China
16 Dec 1782	31.1	Confirmed	Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China
2 Feb 1783	31.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China
1787²	35.1	Appointed	Administrator of Nanking [Nanjing], China
1804²	52.1	Resigned	Administrator of Nanking [Nanjing], China
6 Jul 1808	56.6	Died	Bishop of Peking [Beijing], China

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia)
(VIAF: 26935908; WikiData: Q64769581)
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia) T.O.R. (born 6 Nov 1751, died 6 Jul 1808) Bishop of Peking [Beijing]

Event Place
Birth Place Évora, Archdiocese of Évora, Portugal
Ordained Bishop Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
Death Place Nantang

a priest for 33.1 years
a bishop for 25.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.E.S.A. †
Archbishop of Goa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Bartolomeu Manoel Mendes dos Reis †
Bishop Emeritus of Mariana
Bishop Alexandre da Silva Pedrosa Guimarães †
Bishop of Macau

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.E.S.A. † (1773)
Archbishop of Goa
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. † (1746)
Archbishop of Évora
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Titular Bishop of Targa
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Bishop of Leiria
Bishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Bishop of Porto
Archbishop Veríssimo de Lencastre † (1671)
Archbishop Emeritus of Braga
Bishop Francesco Ravizza † (1667)
Titular Bishop of Sidon
Neri Cardinal Corsini † (1652)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Fabio Cardinal Chigi † (1635)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1635)
Bishop of Malta
Francesco Maria Cardinal Brancaccio † (1627)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Cosimo Cardinal de Torres † (1621)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
Maffeo Cardinal Barberini † (1604)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Patriarch Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (1588)
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga † (1585)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Pius V (1556)
(St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Archbishop of Taranto
Pope Clement VII (1517)
(Giulio de’ Medici †)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Mariano Zaralli, O.F.M. Obs. † (1789)
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. † (1806)

Source(s):

ob/c2+: CB
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 332
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1783, Number 3
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 271, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 8, Number 371, Ascendance
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 1 Jan 2020
Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 17, Number 915

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