José da Costa Nunes

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Patriarch José da Costa Nunes (1946)

José Cardinal da Costa Nunes (born March 15, 1880 in Candelária , Azores , † November 29, 1976 in Rome ) was Patriarch of the East Indies and later Cardinal Curia of the Roman Church .

Life

José da Costa Nunes visited Portuguese Timor in 1937 , which was then still under Macau
Bust of the patriarch in front of the church of his birthplace Candelária in Portugal
Cardinal coat of arms of José da Costa Nunes (from 1962)

José da Costa Nunes received his theological and philosophical training in the seminary of Angra do Heroísmo . At the end of his studies he went to Macau as a missionary , where he received the sacrament of ordination on June 4, 1903 . From 1903 to 1906 he worked as a pastor and lecturer. In 1906 the local bishop appointed him vicar general of Macau and Timor . José da Costa Nunes founded Oriente magazine .

In 1920 Pope Benedict XV appointed him . as Bishop of Macau , the episcopal ordination donated to him on November 20, 1921, the Bishop of Angra , Manuel Damasceno da Costa .

Pope Pius XII In 1940 made him head of the Archdiocese of Goa , with which the title of Patriarch of East India goes hand-in-hand. In 1953, José da Costa Nunes became President of the Standing Committee for the International Eucharistic Congresses. In 1953 the Pope appointed him titular Archbishop of Odessus , in December of the same year he became Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church. Pope John XXIII took him on March 19, 1962 as a cardinal priest with the titular church Santa Prisca in the college of cardinals . José Cardinal da Costa Nunes participated in the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965 .

He died on November 29, 1976 in Rome and was buried in the Campo Verano cemetery there before his bones were transferred to the church of Sant'Antonio dei Portoghesi .

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Commons : José da Costa Nunes  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
predecessor Office successor
João Paulino de Azevedo e Castro (pt) Bishop of Macau
1920–1940 		João de Deus Ramalho (pt) SJ
Teotónio Emanuel Ribeira Vieira de Castro Archbishop of Goa and Damão , Patriarch of the East Indies
1940–1953 		José Vieira Alvernaz
personal data
SURNAME Nunes, José da Costa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nunes, José Cardinal da Costa (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Goa
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Candelária , Azores, Portugal
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 1976
Place of death Rome