Bishop Nélio Pereira Pita, C.M.

Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal

Titular Bishop of Garba

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Oct 1973		Born
5 Sep 1994	20.9	Entered	Member of Congregation of the Mission
25 Mar 1999	25.4	Perpetual Vows	Member of Congregation of the Mission
18 Jul 1999	25.7	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Congregation of the Mission
29 Jul 2000	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
6 Jun 2025	51.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
6 Jun 2025	51.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Garba
27 Jul 2025	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Garba

MicroData Summary
Nélio Pereira Pita
Bishop Nélio Pereira Pita C.M.
(born 11 Oct 1973)
Auxiliary Bishop of Braga

Event Place
Birth Place Estreito de Câmara de Lobos, Diocese of Funchal
Ordained Deacon Church, Salvaterra de Magos, Diocese of Santarém
Ordained Priest Cathedral, Funchal, Diocese of Funchal

Please contact the Bishop through the Archdiocese of Braga.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop José Manuel Garcia Cordeiro
Archbishop of Braga
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Nuno Brás da Silva Martins
Bishop of Funchal
Bishop Augusto César Alves Ferreira da Silva, C.M.
Bishop Emeritus of Portalegre-Castelo Branco

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop José Manuel Garcia Cordeiro (2011)
Archbishop of Braga
José da Cruz Cardinal Policarpo † (1978)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
António Cardinal Ribeiro † (1967)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Manuel Cardinal Gonçalves Cerejeira † (1928)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Manuel Luís Coelho da Silva † (1915)
Bishop of Coimbra
Bishop António José de Souza Barroso † (1891)
Bishop of Porto
José Sebastião (d’Almeida) Cardinal Neto, O.F.M. Disc. † (1880)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Archbishop Gaetano Aloisi Masella † (1877)
Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q134720190

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 6 Jun 2025
op/ob: CB, 6 Jun 2025
od/op/loc: CB, 7 Jun 2025
c2+: CB, 27 Jul 2025

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