D. Miguel de Castro (1536-1625) was
Bishop of Viseu
The Portuguese Catholic diocese of Viseu ( la, Dioecesis Visensis) is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Braga. Its see at Viseu is in the Centro Region. The current bishop is António Luciano dos Santos Costa.
History
The see at Viseu dates f ...
in 1579,
Archbishop of Lisbon
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in 1586, and later
Viceroy of Portugal
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. He received his doctorate in Theology at
Coimbra
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and was appointed Inquisitor of the Holy Office in 1556, eleven years later becoming a member of the General Council.
Biography
Protected by the
Cardinal-King Henry of Portugal, he ascended to the prelacy of Viseu in 1579, and in 1585 is named Archbishop of Lisbon, successor to D. Jorge de Almeida.
He also directed the reprinting of the ''Constituições do Arcebispado de Lisboa'' "both the old and the extravagant." D. Miguel held high positions during the
Philippine rule, being one of the Governors of the Kingdom in 1593.
A biography of
Bartolomeu da Costa was dedicated to him, in 1611, by António Carvalho de Parada.
[Antônio Carvalho de Parada ''Diálogos sobre a vida e morte do muito religioso sacerdote Bartolomeu da Costa, tesoureiro-mor da Sé de Lisboa'', Lisboa, Pedro Craesbeeck, 1611]
In 1615 he succeeded Bishop Pedro de Castilho as Viceroy of Portugal, a post he held for two years.
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1536 births
1625 deaths
Archbishops of Lisbon
17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Portugal
University of Coimbra alumni
Bishops of Viseu