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'' José da Costa Nunes ( zh, 高若瑟, 15 March 1880 – 29 November 1976) was a Portuguese

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of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Macau from 1920 to 1940 and Patriarch of the East Indies from 1940 to 1953. He was made a

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in 1962.

Biography

José da Costa Nunes was born in Candelária, Azores, to José da Costa Nunes and his wife Francisca Felizarda de Castro Nunes. He was

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four days later, on 19 March 1880. After studying at the seminary in Angra, Nunes went to Macau as a missionary on 4 June 1903, and was ordained to the priesthood on the following 26 July. He then did

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work and taught at Macau's seminary until 1906. Nunes was named Vicar general of Macau and Timor from 1906 to 1913, when he began missionary work in Timor. He became Vicar capitular of Macau on 21 February 1917. On 16 December 1920, Nunes was appointed

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by Pope Benedict XV. He received his episcopal consecration on 20 November 1921, from Bishop Emanuel da Costa, with Bishops Manuel Augusto Xavier and Francisco Nunes da Rocha serving as

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. Nunes was advanced to the Archdiocese of Goa e Damão, with title of Patriarch of the East Indies, on 11 December 1940. Resigning as Archbishop on 16 December 1953, he was made Titular Archbishop of ''Odessus'' and Vice- Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church that same day, whilst retaining the personal title of " Patriarch". Pope John XXIII created him Cardinal Priest of Santa Prisca in the consistory of 19 March 1962. Nunes attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965 and he was one of the

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who participated in the

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that selected Pope Paul VI. He served as the

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to the fourth centennial celebration of the arrival of the first Catholic missionaries to Macau on 10 November 1965. He died in Rome at the age of 96. He was buried in the

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, but his remains, in accordance with his will, were later transferred to the church of Sant'Antonio dei Portoghesi. In his will, Nunes had also expressed his desire to be buried in the cemetery of

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, next to his parents, if he died in Portugal.

Trivia

*He founded the journal ''Oriente''. *He was named President of the Permanent Committee of International Eucharistic Congresses on 13 July 1953.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nunes, Jose Da Costa 20th-century Portuguese cardinals Patriarchs of the East Indies Participants in the Second Vatican Council 1880 births 1976 deaths Cardinals created by Pope John XXIII People from Pico Island 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Macau