The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Consistory of March 24, 1884

The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

Biographical Dictionary
Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903))
Consistory of March 24, 1884 (VI)

(26) 1. NETO, O.F.M.Disc., José Sebastião (1841-1920)

Birth. February 8, 1841, Lagos, diocese of Faro, Portugal.

Education. Seminary of Faro, Faro. Received the sudiaconate, September 20, 1862; diaconate, May 21, 1864

Priesthood. Ordained, April 1, 1865. Coadjutor of the parish church of St. Sebastian, Boliqueime, diocese of Faro, 1873-1875. Entered the Order of the Friars Minor Discalced, August 15, 1875; took the name Joseph of the Sacred Hearts; in 1897, his order merged into Order of Friars Minor.

Episcopate. Elected bishop of Angola and Congo, September 22, 1879. Consecrated, April 18, 1880, church of São Julião, Lisbon, by Gaetano Aloisi Masella, titular archbishop of Neocesarea, nuncio in Portugal, assisted by Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, archbishop of Goa, and by José Lino de Oliveira, former bishop of Angola. Promoted to the patriarchal see of Lisbon, August 9, 1883.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of March 24, 1884; received red hat and title of Ss. XII Apostoli in the consistory of June 10, 1886. Cardinal protoprete since July 22, 1902. Participated in the conclave of 1903, which elected Pope Pius X. Resigned pastoral government of patriarchate, November 1907 and retired to a convent of his order. Due to the religious persecution, was expelled from Portugal in October 1910 and went to live in the Franciscan convent of Loreto, Sevilla, Spain. Participated in the conclave of 1914.

Death. December 7, 1920, Villarino, near Sevilla, Spain. Buried in the tomb of the bishops of Tuy, Galicia, Spain.

Bibliography. Chapeau, O.S.B., André and Charles N. Bransom. "Franciscan bishops." Franciscan Studies, XLVII (1987), 342.

Link Brief biography, in Portuguese, in Os Cardeais Portugueses - Nota Histórica, under "D. JOSI SEBASTICO NETO - 12: Cardeal Patriarca de Lisboa".

(27) 1. SANFELICE DI ACQUAVELLA, O.S.B.Cas., Guglielmo (1834-1897)

Birth. April 14 (or 18), 1834, Aversa. His parents were Giuseppe, duke of Acquavilla, and Giovanna Di Martino, of the barons of Montegiordano. Received the sacrament of confirmation, June 1, 1846.

Education. Received the insignias of the clerical charcater and the minor orders, August 1, 1851. Entered the Order of St. Benedict in the Abbey nullius of SS. Trinità de Cava dei Tirreni, November 21, 1853; religious profession, July 15, 1855; received the subdiaconate, August 15, 1855; diaconate, August 17, 1856. University of Naples (doctorate in theology, September 4, 1875); College of Protonotaries, Rome (doctorate in utroque iuris, both civil and canon law, April 27, 1876).

Priesthood. Ordained, March 15, 1857. Lector of theology, Abbey of Montecassino, 1858; master of novices, 1861-1867. In Abbey of Cava dei Tirreni, lector and dean; vicar general, July 15, 1874.

Episcopate. Elected archbishop of Naples, July 18, 1878. Consecrated, July 21, 1878, Rome, by Cardinal Alessandro Franchi.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of March 24, 1884; received red hat and title of S. Clemente, March 27, 1884.

Death. January 3, 1897, Naples. Exposed in the metropolitan cathedral of Naples and buried in the chapel of the Congregation of S. Maria in Vertecoeli, Pianto Cemetery, Naples.