José Sebastião Neto
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His Eminence José III OFMDisc |
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| Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisbon | |
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| Province | Lisbon |
| Diocese | Lisbon |
| See | Lisbon |
| Appointed | 19 July 1883 |
| Installed | 9 August 1883 |
| Term ended | 7 November 1907 |
| Predecessor | Inácio do Nascimento de Morais Cardoso |
| Successor | António Mendes Belo |
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| Ordination | 1 April 1865 |
| Consecration | 18 April 1880 by Gaetano Aloisi Masella |
| Created Cardinal | 24 March 1884 by Leo XIII |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | José Sebastião de Almeida Neto |
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8 February 1841 Lagos, Algarve Kingdom of Portugal |
| Died | 7 December 1920 (aged 79) Villarino, Andalusia Kingdom of Spain |
| Buried |
Monastery of São Vicente de Fora Lisbon, Portugal |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Motto | Soli Deo Omnis Honor et Gloria |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Lisbon |
José Sebastião de Almeida Neto (8 February 1841 – 7 December 1920) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Patriarch of Lisbon.
José Sebastião de Almeida Neto was born in Lagos, Portugal, the son of Raimundo José Neto, a veteran of the Peninsular War, and his wife Lucy Catherine de Almeida. He was educated at the Seminary of Faro and received the sub-diaconate on 20 September 1862 and the diaconate on 21 May 1864.
He was ordained on 1 April 1865. Neto entered the Order of Friars Minor Discalced on 15 August 1875, adopting the name of Joseph of the Sacred Heart, but continued to work in the parish church of St. Sebastian until 1879, upon his bishopric appointment.
He was nominated as Bishop of Angola e Congo by Luís I of Portugal in July 30 of 1879, the Pope confirmed him on 22 September of that year, but was not consecrated until 18 April of the following year, in St. Julian Church, Lisbon, by Gaetano Aloisi Masella, Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal. Aires Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Archbishop of Goa, and Jose Lino de Oliveira, Bishop-Emeritus of Angola. served as co-consecrators. He was nominated by the King of Portugal to the Patriarchate of Lisbon on 12 July 1883, with his confirmation as patriarch occurring on 9 August.
In accordance with tradition holding that the Patriarch of Lisbon be made a cardinal, Pope Leo XIII raised him to that dignity in the consistory of March 24 of 1884. As the Patriarch of Lisbon he presided over the wedding of Prince Don Carlos with Amélie of Orléans, in the Church of St. Dominic in Lisbon on 22 May 1886. He participated in the conclave of 1903 that elected Pope Pius X.
In November 1907 Neto resigned and retired to a convent of his order. Due to religious persecution with the deployment of the first Republic he fled to Spain and as of 30 May 1913, was residing in the convent of Villarino of Ramallosa.
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