João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa

João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa
Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde
Archbishop of Goa
Archbishop of Braga
Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde
In office 8 August 1860 - 22 March 1861
Predecessor Patrício Xavier de Moura
Successor José Luis Alves Feijó
Personal details
Born (1810-10-14)October 14, 1810
Cantanhede, Portugal
Died December 22, 1888(1888-12-22) (aged 78)
Dume, Portugal

João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa (14 October 1810 - 22 December 1888) was a Portuguese bishop, he was Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde and archbishops of Goa and Braga.[1]

Biography

Dom João Crisóstomo was born on 14 October 1810 in Cantanhede in the district of Coimbra, he was taught in 1827.

He was a teacher in theology at the University of Coimbra in 1850. He was professor in ecclesiastical sciences at the seminary in Coimbra and a substitute teacher at the Faculty of Theology in 1865.

In 1860, he became Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde which was ordained on August 26, less than a year he left, by cardinal Manuel Bento Rodrigues da Silva. Less than a year after, he became Archbishop of Goa which was confirmed in 1861 and became in 1862. He made his entry into the city of Janeiro in 1862. At the Rachol Seminary, he founded a rich library.[2]

The governor José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses conceded in 1868 for authorization for returning the metropolis.

In 1877, he returned to Portugal and became archbishop of Braga. He disliked the diocese circumscription in 1882, which he reduced the are of the diocese of Braga and some became part of Porto, he resigned in June 1883[2] and he retired to São João Baptista de Cabanas in the parish (now subdivision) of Dume in Braga. His tomb is at Misericórdia church in Cantahede.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Patrício Xavier de Moura
Bishop of Santiago de Cape Verde
1860-1861
Succeeded by
José Luis Alves Feijó
Preceded by
José Maria da Silva Torres
Archbishop of Goa
1862-1874
Succeeded by
Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos
Preceded by
José Joaquim de Azevedo e Moura
Archbishop of Braga
1876-1883
Succeeded by
António José de Freitas Honorato
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