António de Sousa Braga explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
António de Sousa Braga
Bishop Emeritus of Angra
Metropolis:Lisbon
Diocese:Angra
Appointed:9 April 1996
Term End:15 March 2016
Predecessor:Aurélio Granada Escudeiro
Ordination:17 May 1970
Ordained By:Pope Paul VI
Consecration:30 June 1996
Consecrated By:Aurélio Granada Escudeiro
Birth Date:1941 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Santo Espirito, Portugal
Death Place:Lisbon, Portugal

António de Sousa Braga (15 March 1941  - 22 August 2022) was a Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate.

De Sousa was born in Portugal and was ordained to the priesthood in 1970. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Angra, Portugal from 1996 until his retirement in 2016.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bishop António de Sousa Braga . Catholic-Hierarchy . 23 August 2022.