Americo Ferreira dos Santos Silva
Américo Ferreira dos Santos Silva GCNSC (born January 16, 1830 , Massarelos , Porto ; † January 21, 1899 , Paço Episcopal do Porto (Episcopal Palace of Porto)) was a Portuguese bishop of the diocese of Porto and cardinal .
Life
His parents were the 1st Barão de Santos (Baron) João Ferreira dos Santos Silva from Lordelo do Ouro and Carolina Augusta de La Roque (Silva, by marriage) from São Nicolau . They married in 1826 and settled in Massarelos in 1830.
Américo was born the couple's second son and was baptized on January 23, 1830 in the church of Massarelos.
He trained in Porto and Paris before enrolling in theology at Coimbra University in 1845 and receiving his doctorate in May 1852. On September 26, 1852, in Lisbon , where his parents had moved, he received the sacrament of ordination for the Patriarchate of Lisbon and first taught in the Seminário de Santarém from its reopening from 1853 to 1862. He then worked again in Lisbon as a canon at the Cathedral Sé Patriarcal , where he also worked as a judge and, after the death of Manoel Bento Rodrigues in 1869, until 1871 as a vicar of the capitular (Vigário Capitular). As secretary to Cardinal Guilherme Henriques de Carvalho , he took part in the solemn proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in Rome in 1854 . On August 13, 1869, he became archpriest of the Patriarchate of Lisbon .
On June 26, 1871, he was appointed Bishop of Porto by King Ludwig I , although he was suspected of having ties to Freemasonry . He was confirmed and on September 10, 1871 Patriarch Inácio do Nascimento de Morais Cardoso donated him episcopal ordination in Lisbon ; Co- consecrators were José Lino de Oliveira , former Bishop of Angola and the Congo , and José Luiz Alves Feijo OSST , Bishop of Bragança and Miranda .
It was solemnly introduced on September 20, 1871 in the Diocese of Porto, vacant since the death of João de França Castro e Moura . He set about reforming the Seminário Episcopal de Nossa Senhora da Conceição do Porto (in the building of the former Colégio de São Lourenço until 1862) and began the apprenticeship year 1872/73 with provisional statutes that were drawn up in the course of 1872 and the based on the statutes of the seminary of Santarém, which Silva knew well. Twice he got involved in public discussion when it came to Sunday work in 1875 and 1897 .
In the consistory of May 12, 1879, Pope Leo XIII. Américo Ferreira dos Santos Silva as cardinal priest . He received the cardinal's hat and the titular church Santi Quattro Coronati in the consistory on February 27, 1880.
In the first consistory of Pope Leo XIII. , on May 12, 1879, Silva was raised to cardinal priest and on February 27, 1880 he received the cardinal's hat and the titular church Santi Quattro Coronati . He played an important role in the negotiation process for the "division of the continent and the neighboring islands ( Azores & Madeira )" (Divisão Paroquial do Continente e das Ilhas Adjacentes) and in the application of the papal bull Gravissimum Christi Ecclesiam et gubernandi múnus (1881). In 1884 he founded the Seminário dos Carvalhos ("Seminar of the Oaks"), the construction of which he subsidized out of his own pocket and in 1898 approved the statutes of the Círculo Católico de Operários do Porto (Catholic workers' association of Porto, June 11, 1898).
He died on January 21, 1899 at his bishopric in Porto and was buried in the Capela Mor of the Catedral do Porto .
literature
- Martin Bräuer: Handbook of the Cardinals. 1846-2012. Walter de Gruyter, 2014, ISBN 978-3-11037077-5 .
Web links
- Silva, Americo Ferreira dos Santos. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed September 4, 2017.
- Entry to Silva, Americo Ferreira dos Santos on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on September 4, 2017.
- Diocese of Porto
- Os Cardeais Portugueses. Patriarchate of Lisbon , accessed April 7, 2018 (Portuguese, short biography).
- Entry at gcatholic.org
Individual evidence
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| João XII. de França Castro e Moura |
Bishop of Porto 1871–99 |
Antonio IV. José de Sousa Barroso |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Silva, Americo Ferreira dos Santos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ferreira dos Santos Silva, America; Silva, Américo Ferreira dos Santos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1830 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Massarelos , Porto , Portugal |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 1899 |
| Place of death | postage |