Former Auxiliary Bishop of the Metropolitan See of Lisboa, D. António dos Reis Rodrigues was born on June 24, 1918, in Vila Nova de Ourém, Portugal, and whilst studying at the Faculdade de Direito of Lisbon, served as president of the Juventude Escolar Católica, director of the Conferências de São Vicente de Paulo, and of the "Flama" journal, which he personally founded.
Ordained to the priesthood at 28 years of age on March 1, 1947, D. António successively served as professor of Doutrina Social da Igreja at the Instituto de Serviço Social, chaplain of the Military Academy for sixteen years between 1947 and 1963, and director of religious programmes on the Radiotelevisão Portuguesa, which resulted in the publication of his book "O Tempo e a Graça", in 1967.
Aged 48, he was appointed by Pope Paul VI, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Lisboa, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Madarsuma on January 8, 1967, from Cardinal Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, assisted by Bishops José Pedro da Silva and João Pereira Venâncio.
During his episcopate, Bishop dos Reis Rodrigues served among others as President of Comissão Episcopal das Migrações e Turismo within the Portuguese Episcopal Conference, of which he also served as secretary and later vice-president from 1981 until 1984. Judicial Vicar of the Ecclesiastical Tribunal of Lisbon and Vicar General of the latter See, the Bishop served under three Cardinal Patriarchs: the named Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, António Ribeiro and José da Cruz Policarpo.
Retiring from office at the age of 80, on September 5, 1998, the Bishop died of natural causes at the Hospital de S. José of Lisbon on Tuesday, February 3, 2009, at 15.30 pm., aged 90.
Exposed at the Episcopal Palace of Lisbon, the Bishop's body was interred inside the cemetery of his native Vila Nova de Ourém following the celebration of a Requiem Mass, presided by the named Cardinal Policarpo.
Ordained to the priesthood at 28 years of age on March 1, 1947, D. António successively served as professor of Doutrina Social da Igreja at the Instituto de Serviço Social, chaplain of the Military Academy for sixteen years between 1947 and 1963, and director of religious programmes on the Radiotelevisão Portuguesa, which resulted in the publication of his book "O Tempo e a Graça", in 1967.
Aged 48, he was appointed by Pope Paul VI, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Lisboa, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Madarsuma on January 8, 1967, from Cardinal Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, assisted by Bishops José Pedro da Silva and João Pereira Venâncio.
During his episcopate, Bishop dos Reis Rodrigues served among others as President of Comissão Episcopal das Migrações e Turismo within the Portuguese Episcopal Conference, of which he also served as secretary and later vice-president from 1981 until 1984. Judicial Vicar of the Ecclesiastical Tribunal of Lisbon and Vicar General of the latter See, the Bishop served under three Cardinal Patriarchs: the named Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, António Ribeiro and José da Cruz Policarpo.
Retiring from office at the age of 80, on September 5, 1998, the Bishop died of natural causes at the Hospital de S. José of Lisbon on Tuesday, February 3, 2009, at 15.30 pm., aged 90.
Exposed at the Episcopal Palace of Lisbon, the Bishop's body was interred inside the cemetery of his native Vila Nova de Ourém following the celebration of a Requiem Mass, presided by the named Cardinal Policarpo.
Former Auxiliary Bishop of the Metropolitan See of Lisboa, D. António dos Reis Rodrigues was born on June 24, 1918, in Vila Nova de Ourém, Portugal, and whilst studying at the Faculdade de Direito of Lisbon, served as president of the Juventude Escolar Católica, director of the Conferências de São Vicente de Paulo, and of the "Flama" journal, which he personally founded.
Ordained to the priesthood at 28 years of age on March 1, 1947, D. António successively served as professor of Doutrina Social da Igreja at the Instituto de Serviço Social, chaplain of the Military Academy for sixteen years between 1947 and 1963, and director of religious programmes on the Radiotelevisão Portuguesa, which resulted in the publication of his book "O Tempo e a Graça", in 1967.
Aged 48, he was appointed by Pope Paul VI, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Lisboa, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Madarsuma on January 8, 1967, from Cardinal Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, assisted by Bishops José Pedro da Silva and João Pereira Venâncio.
During his episcopate, Bishop dos Reis Rodrigues served among others as President of Comissão Episcopal das Migrações e Turismo within the Portuguese Episcopal Conference, of which he also served as secretary and later vice-president from 1981 until 1984. Judicial Vicar of the Ecclesiastical Tribunal of Lisbon and Vicar General of the latter See, the Bishop served under three Cardinal Patriarchs: the named Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, António Ribeiro and José da Cruz Policarpo.
Retiring from office at the age of 80, on September 5, 1998, the Bishop died of natural causes at the Hospital de S. José of Lisbon on Tuesday, February 3, 2009, at 15.30 pm., aged 90.
Exposed at the Episcopal Palace of Lisbon, the Bishop's body was interred inside the cemetery of his native Vila Nova de Ourém following the celebration of a Requiem Mass, presided by the named Cardinal Policarpo.
Ordained to the priesthood at 28 years of age on March 1, 1947, D. António successively served as professor of Doutrina Social da Igreja at the Instituto de Serviço Social, chaplain of the Military Academy for sixteen years between 1947 and 1963, and director of religious programmes on the Radiotelevisão Portuguesa, which resulted in the publication of his book "O Tempo e a Graça", in 1967.
Aged 48, he was appointed by Pope Paul VI, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Lisboa, receiving his episcopal consecration with the Titular See of Madarsuma on January 8, 1967, from Cardinal Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, assisted by Bishops José Pedro da Silva and João Pereira Venâncio.
During his episcopate, Bishop dos Reis Rodrigues served among others as President of Comissão Episcopal das Migrações e Turismo within the Portuguese Episcopal Conference, of which he also served as secretary and later vice-president from 1981 until 1984. Judicial Vicar of the Ecclesiastical Tribunal of Lisbon and Vicar General of the latter See, the Bishop served under three Cardinal Patriarchs: the named Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, António Ribeiro and José da Cruz Policarpo.
Retiring from office at the age of 80, on September 5, 1998, the Bishop died of natural causes at the Hospital de S. José of Lisbon on Tuesday, February 3, 2009, at 15.30 pm., aged 90.
Exposed at the Episcopal Palace of Lisbon, the Bishop's body was interred inside the cemetery of his native Vila Nova de Ourém following the celebration of a Requiem Mass, presided by the named Cardinal Policarpo.
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