Alexandre José Maria Cardinal dos Santos, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo, Mozambique

Cardinal-Priest of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Mar 1924		Born
17 Sep 1948	24.4	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor
1951²	26.7	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor
25 Jun 1953	29.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
23 Dec 1974	50.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
9 Mar 1975	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
28 Jun 1988	64.2	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Jun 1988	64.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali
22 Feb 2003	78.9	Retired	Archbishop of Maputo, Mozambique
29 Sep 2021	97.5	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo, Mozambique

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Alexandre José Maria dos Santos
Alexandre José Maria Cardinal dos Santos O.F.M.
(born 18 Mar 1924, died 29 Sep 2021)
Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo

Consistory - 1988: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Non-Voting (Age)
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Zavala
Ordained Priest Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
Ordained Bishop Sports Pavilion, Lourenço Marques, Archdiocese of Lourenço Marques
Death Place Instituto de Coração (ICOR), Maputo, Archdiocese of Maputo

a priest for 68.2 years
a bishop for 46.5 years
a cardinal for 33.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Teófilo José Pereira de Andrade, O.F.M. †
Titular Bishop of Urusi
Principal Consecrator:
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi †
Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa †
Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam
Bishop Eduardo André Muaca †
Bishop of Malanje

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio
Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Bishop of Campinas
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 Ernesto Maguengue (1989)
Bishop Lucio Andrice Muandula (1989)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Alberto Setele † (1976)
Júlio Duarte Cardinal Langa (1976)
Bishop Adriano Langa, O.F.M. (1998)
Bishop Lucio Andrice Muandula (2004)
Bishop Ernesto Maguengue (2004)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves † (1976)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 290646268
WikiData: Q546787

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 142
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 28, Number 1,607
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 29, Number 1,658
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 30, Number 1,711
c1/prof: CB, 26 Mar 2021
d: CB, 29 Sep 2021
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 249, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Necrology (back)

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