Inácio do Nascimento de Morais Cardoso explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific Prefix:His Eminence
Inácio do Nascimento de Morais Cardoso
Patriarch of Lisbon
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Lisbon
See:Lisbon
Appointed:25 April 1871
Enthroned:19 June 1871
Term End:23 February 1883
Predecessor:Manuel Bento Rodrigues da Silva
Successor:José Sebastião de Almeida Neto
Other Post:Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo e Achilleo (1873-83)
Ordination:19 December 1835
Ordained By:Joaquim de Nossa Senhora de Nazareth Oliveira e Abreu
Consecration:14 February 1864
Consecrated By:Manuel Bento Rodrigues da Silva
Cardinal:22 December 1873
Created Cardinal By:Pope Pius IX
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Birth Name:Inácio do Nascimento de Morais Cardoso
Birth Date:20 December 1811
Birth Place:Murça, Kingdom of Portugal
Death Place:Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Buried:Lisbon Cathedral
Parents:Hipólito de Morais Cardoso
Eufémia Joaquina
Previous Post:Bishop of Faro (1863-71)
Cardinal Name:Inácio do Nascimento de Morais Cardoso
Dipstyle:His Eminence
Offstyle:Your Eminence
See:Lisbon

Dom Inácio do Nascimento de Morais Cardoso (20 December 1811 – 23 February 1883) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was Patriarch of Lisbon.

Morais Cardoso was born in Murça, Portugal, the son of Hipólito de Morais Cardoso, Captain-Major of Murça, and wife Eufémia Joaquina. He was educated at the University of Coimbra, where he was awarded a licentiate in theology.

Priesthood

He was ordained on 19 December 1835. He served as treasurer of the church of São Roque da Misericórdia as well as chaplain and confessor of King Pedro V of Portugal and was treasurer of the Royal Chapel of the Palace of Necessidades.

Episcopate

He was appointed as Bishop of Faro (or of Algarve) on 28 September 1863. He was consecrated on 14 February 1863 in Lisbon, by Cardinal Manuel Bento Rodrigues da Silva. He participated in the First Vatican Council that was called in Rome during 1869 to 1870. Morais Cardoso was promoted to the patriarchal see of Lisbon on 25 April 1871.

Cardinalate

He was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo e Achilleo in the consistory of 22 December 1873 by Pope Pius IX. He participated in the conclave of 1878 that elected Pope Leo XIII. He died in Lisbon in 1883.