- António Mendes Belo
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cardinal name=António Cardinal Mendes Belo
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See=Lisbon|"Dom " António Cardinal Mendes Belo (18 June 1842 -5 August 1929 ) was a Cardinal of theRoman Catholic Church and was formerPatriarch of Lisbon .António Mendes Belo was born in São Pedro,
Gouveia , (District ofGuarda ),Portugal . He was educated at theSeminary ofCoimbra , and later at theUniversity of Coimbra where he earned alicentiate incanon law . He receivedminor orders onDecember 21 1860 and the (now abolished) subdiaconate on21 May 1864 and the diaconate on17 December 1864 .Priesthood
He was ordained on
10 June 1865 . From 1865 to 1884 he wasvicar general ofFunchal and from 1865 to 1871,professor oftheology at the Seminary ofPinhel (diocese suppressed on September 30, 1881 and transferred to Guarda). He did pastoral work in theparish of Espinheiro. He was vicar general of thediocese of Pinhel from 1874 until 1881 and of thediocese of Aveiro in 1881. He was also vicar general ofLisbon from 1881 until 1884.Episcopate
He was appointed
titular archbishop of "Mitylene" and appointed anAuxiliary bishop of Lisbon on24 March 1884 byPope Leo XIII . He was consecrated onApril 27 of that year. He was transferred to thesee of Faro with title ofarchbishop ad personam on13 November 1884 . He was promoted to thepatriarch ate of Lisbon on19 December 1907 byPope Pius X .Cardinalate
He was created and proclaimed
Cardinal-Priest of "Ss. Marcellino e Pietro " which was reservedin pectore on27 November 1911 . He was expelled from Lisbon for two years (1911-1913) for an infraction of the law of theseparation of Church and State during which time he resided in Gouveia. His elevation to the cardinalate was published on25 May 1914 . He received the red hat and the title onSeptember 8 1914 . He participated in the conclave of 1914 that electedPope Benedict XV . He was a member ofPortuguese Academy of Science in 1922. He participated in the conclave of 1922 that electedPope Pius XI . He was made the 568thGrand Cross of the Royal Order of Our Lady of Concepcion ofVila Viçosa . He died inLisbon in 1929.
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