José Xavier de Cerveira e Sousa (27 November 1797 – 15 March 1862) was a Portuguese prelate, bishop and professor at the

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, he was bishops of Funchal, Beja and

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Biography

He was born in the town of Mogofores.

Bishop of Funchal

He was confirmed with the Bishop of Funchal on 14 June 1842, he was ordinated as bishop on 2 June 1844 and confirmed as Bishop of Funchal later on July 8 and succeeded D. Francisco José Rodrigues de Andrade. He became its 22nd bishop and governed the diocese for nearly four years. It faced a serious religious crisis that time which surrounded that society, namely the Protestant proselyte made by Dr.

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. D. Manuel (II) Martins Manso became bishop afterwards.

Bishop of Beja

He was transferred to the

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on the Portuguese mainland on 18 April 1849 and was confirmed with a bull of Pope

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''Romani Pontificis'', on 28 September, he succeeded D. Manuel Pires de Azevedo Loureiro. Under a proxy of 28 January 1850, he ordered Dr. Lobo Pimetel to take possession of the Beian Diocese which had the parish on 15 February. After the death of Dr. Lobo Pimentel, he went to Lisbon for a provision where he named Father João Baptista da Silva vicar general. A few months later on 10 August, he made a pastoral greeting of its diocesans, entering Beja on 18 August. For ten more years, he was pontificate of the diocese of Beja, he was later transferred to become Bishop of Viseu. The post of the Bishop of Beja was shortly taken by D. José António da Mata e Silva.

Bishop of Viseu

On 7 December 1859, he was transferred to become

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after succeeding D. José (III) Manuel de Lemos, he resigned from his chair and abandoned the Diocese as he was incapable to offer obedience to its fathers in material of clerical vestments, he was succeeded by D. António (IV) Alves Martins. He returned to his house in Mogofores, he later died there in March 1862.

References

External links

José Xavier de Cerveira e Sousa at Infopedia
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