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Biography

Penha de França was born in

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on 6 Nov 1649 and ordained a priest in the Ordo Augustiniensium Discalceatorum. On 5 Oct 1699, he was appointed during the papacy of

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as Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe. On 29 Jun 1700, he was

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bishop by João Franco de Oliveira,

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. He served as Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe until his death in 1702.

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