José Manouel da Conceicao (1822–1873) was a former Catholic priest, later converted to the

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faith and joined the

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and become the first Brazilian pastor of this evangelical denomination. His ordination was on December 17, 1865. He served as an evangelist in

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. Because of his conversion to the Reformed faith Conceicao had been excommunicated from the

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church. He was often injured in his travels, and died in

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due to the injuries sustained.

His convert

He was born in March 1822 in sao Paulo. Later in 1844 and 1845 he was ordained as a deacon in the Roman Church. Some works of Laemmert made him to doubt in the Catholic church. He attended a Protestant worship performed by Latimer Blackford, and later made friendship with

Ashbel Green Simonton Ashbel Green Simonton (January 20, 1833 – December 9, 1867) was a North-American Presbyterian minister and missionary, the first missionary to settle a Protestant church in Brazil, Igreja Presbiteriana do Brasil (Presbyterian Church of Brazil). ...

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