Coutinho (Dom Manuel)
Original title: Coutinho (D. Manuel)
Biography of D. Manuel Coutinho (1671–1742), bishop of Funchal from 1725 to 1741, who died on his way to his new see of Lamego.
The diocesan prelate Dom José de Sousa de Castelo Branco having left Madeira in June 1715 and resigned the bishopric in 1721, John V appointed Dom Manuel Coutinho Bishop of Funchal on 25 November 1722. He was confirmed by the Holy See only on 19 February 1725, however, because of the disagreements then arising between the Portuguese government and the Roman Curia.
Dom Manuel Coutinho was born in Vila Nova de Anços in 1671, the son of Nuno Álvares Pereira and Dona Inês Micaela Pereira, wealthy people of noble rank who had the seat of their entailed estate (morgadio) there. He took his doctorate in theology at the University of Coimbra (Universidade de Coimbra) in 1699 and received episcopal consecration from the Patriarch Dom Tomás de Almeida on 13 May 1725.
He left Lisbon at the beginning of June 1725, but as the warship carrying him called at Mazagan, he performed episcopal functions there for a few days. He reached Funchal only on 22 July of that year, when he took charge of the affairs of this diocese.
In the Madeiran chronicles we were able to consult, we found few references to his episcopal work among us. After 15 years as bishop he was appointed Bishop of Lamego, but he remained in Madeira until 25 February 1741, when he left for the mainland of the Kingdom (reino, i.e. mainland Portugal). He never took possession of his new diocese: on his way to the city of Lamego, death overtook him in the town (vila) of Soure, on 7 August 1742.
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D. Manuel Coutinho was born in Vila Nova de Anços.
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D. Manuel Coutinho took his doctorate in theology at Coimbra.
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Bishop José de Sousa de Castelo Branco left Madeira.
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King João V nominated D. Manuel Coutinho bishop of Funchal.
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The Holy See confirmed D. Manuel Coutinho as bishop of Funchal after delays caused by disputes with Rome.
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D. Manuel Coutinho was consecrated bishop by Patriarch Tomaz de Almeida.
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Bishop D. Manuel Coutinho arrived in Funchal and took charge of the diocese.
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Bishop Manuel Coutinho left Madeira for the mainland following his appointment to Lamego.
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Bishop Manuel Coutinho died at Soure on his way to Lamego.
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Abroad
- Coimbra
Portugal. University where he earned his theology doctorate.
Portuguese mainland university city where many Madeirans studied law or medicine, and where Padre Luís Gonçalves da Câmara taught and was rector of the Jesuit college. It hosted the 1921 academic table-tennis championship, and its dormancy and rainfall data are compared with Funchal's.
- Funchal
Seat of his diocese, reached on 22 July 1725.
The capital of the archipelago and seat of the principal captaincy, where settlement began; it was made a vila c.1451–52. Its bay, the widest in the archipelago, lies between Ponta do Garajau and Ponta da Cruz and offers sheltered anchorage, though its harbour had never been studied oceanographically. The Elucidário discusses it as a health resort with climate data and records the January 1906 disturbances, the Danish prince's visit in May 1846 and recent volcanic cones in the area.
- Lamego
Portugal. Diocese to which he was transferred.
Lamego is a Portuguese city and diocese. It was the birthplace of Afonso de Castro and the see of the brother of João Rodrigues de Noronha. D. Manuel de Noronha governed it as bishop from 1547, D. Manuel Coutinho was transferred there, D. Manuel Agostinho Barreto served there as canon, professor and vicar general, and Dr Cassiano das Neves practised law there.
- Lisbon
Portugal. Port from which he sailed to Madeira.
The Portuguese capital, seat of the Relação court and of the Misericórdia whose privileges and statutes were extended to Funchal. Henrique Franco de Sousa studied at its Royal Academy of Fine Arts, and Luiz José Baiardo moved there in 1821.
- Mazagan
Morocco. Moroccan stronghold where he exercised episcopal functions en route.
Mazagão is a Portuguese stronghold on the Moroccan coast, north of Cabo Cantim. João Gonçalves da Câmara sent aid there and Simão Gonçalves da Câmara fought there. Bishops D. José de Sousa Castelo Branco (in 1698) and D. Manuel Coutinho exercised episcopal functions there.
People
People mentioned · 06- D. Manuel Coutinho1671–1742
Bishop of Funchal (1725–41), later appointed bishop of Lamego; he died in Soure before taking possession.
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His predecessor as bishop of Funchal; he left Madeira in 1715 and resigned in 1721.
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The bishop's mother.
- John Vd. 1750
King who nominated Coutinho bishop of Funchal in 1722.
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The bishop's father, a wealthy nobleman of Vila Nova de Anços.
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Patriarch who consecrated Coutinho as bishop in 1725.