Metropolitan Archdiocese of Funchal
The Diocese of Funchal ( la, Dioecesis Funchalensis) was created originally on 12 June 1514, by bull ''Pro excellenti præeminentia'' of Pope Leo X, following the elevation of Funchal from a village to the status of city, by King Manuel I of Po ...
in Portugal. The diocese initially included the Portuguese controlled or Christian areas of southwestern Africa. In 1596, it lost territory to the new diocese of São Salvador do Congo (today's Angola). in 1818 it lost territory to the new
Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope
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Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace
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Bernardo da Cruz
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Martinho de Ulhoa
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O. Cist.
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(1578–1592)
** Bishop
Francisco de Vilanova
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António Valente
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Jerónimo de Quintanilha
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O. Cist.
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(1611–1614)
** Bishop
Pedro de São Agostinho Figueira de Cunha Lobo
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Francisco de Soveral Francisco de Soveral (c. 1565 in Sernancelhe, Portugal – 5 January 1642 in Angola) was a Portuguese prelate.
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Father Francisco de Soveral was the son of Pedro de Soveral and Maria de Almeida, he was the brother of D. Roque de Soveral.
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Manoel a Nativitate do Nascimento
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O.S.H.
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(1674–1677)
** Bishop
Bernardo de Santa Maria Zuzarte de Andrade
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C.R.S.A.
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Timóteo do Sacramento
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O.S.P.P.E.
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O.C.D.
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C.S.Sp.
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(1941.01.18 – 1966.11.17); he is listed here as Archbishop because he is listed concurrently as Archbishop of Luanda, Angola.
** Bishop AbÃlio Rodas de Sousa Ribas, C.S.Sp. (1984.12.03 – 2006.12.01)
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