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Bishop Joseph (a Jesu Maria) Fonseca, O.P. †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of �vora, Portugal

Titular Bishop of Patara

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Ordained Bishop	S. Dominique, Lisboa, Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}

Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Sim�o da Gama † Archbishop of �vora Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Jos� de Oliveira, O.E.S.A. † Bishop Emeritus of Angola e Congo Bishop Manoel da Silva Frances † Titular Bishop of Thagaste

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Sim�o da Gama † (1685) Archbishop of �vora Archbishop Ver�ssimo 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 I�igo Cardinal Avalos de Arag�n, 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 Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Ant�nio de Guadalupe, O.F.M. Disc. † (1725) Archbishop Jos� de Fialho, O. Cist. † (1725) Bishop Manuel Coutinho † (1725)

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