João de Oliveira Matos Ferreira [SEP] country of citizenship
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Life.
João de Oliveira Matos Ferreira was born on 1 March 1879 in Portugal to Antonio de Oliveira Matos Ferreira. He had four brothers and one of those brothers was a priest.
He was ordained to the priesthood on 28 March 1903 and served as a personal assistant to the Archbishop of Braga. From 1920 to 1923 he was the Apostolic Visitor of Guarda. He was appointed as a bishop in the Guarda diocese on 11 December 1922. He was also made a Titular
- Hubert-Olivier Chalifoux (30 Sep 1914 Appointed - 17 Mar 1922)
- João de Oliveira Matos Ferreira (11 Dec 1922 - 29 Aug 1962)
- Salvatore Asta (13 Oct 1962 Appointed - 30 Dec 2004)