Article Nº 0604 Clergy and religious Vol. I · p. 337
Brito (Dom João Joaquim Bernardino de)
Original title: Brito (D. João Joaquim Bernardino de)
D. João Joaquim Bernardino de Brito, bishop of Funchal confirmed in 1819, who died in 1820 before ever governing his diocese in person.
He was the 201st bishop of Funchal, and died before taking up the government of his diocese in person. He was confirmed by the Holy See on 28 August 1819 and took possession of the office by proxy on 14 May 1820. He then entrusted the government of the bishopric to Dr João Manuel da Costa e Andrade, a canon of our Funchal Cathedral (Sé), and died shortly afterwards in Lisbon on 26 July 1820.
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