Duarte (Dom)
Original title: Duarte (D.)
D. Duarte was a bishop sent in 1516 by the first Bishop of Funchal, D. Diogo Pinheiro, to act in his place; he confirmed, ordained and consecrated Funchal Cathedral on 18 October.
In the year 1516,’ says Gaspar Frutuoso, ‘because he (the first Bishop of Funchal, Dom Diogo Pinheiro) was occupied in the King’s service as judge of the Desembargo do Paço (the royal supreme court; desembargador do paço) and detained by the affairs of the King and the Kingdom, he sent to the city of Funchal a bishop named Dom Duarte. Since he himself could not come, this bishop confirmed, conferred holy orders and gave regulations (regimento) in the Cathedral, and performed other ministries proper to his office and charge. He consecrated the Cathedral of the city of Funchal with great solemnity on St Luke’s day, 18 October, blessed one of the bells that were placed in its tower, and did other very necessary things.’ Dom Duarte came to Madeira two years after the creation of this diocese; earlier, in 1508, the Order of Christ (Ordem de Cristo) had sent Bishop Dom João Lobo to this island.
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- Funchal
City where D. Duarte carried out his episcopal duties.
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.
- Funchal Cathedral (the Sé)
Funchal. Cathedral consecrated by D. Duarte on 18 October 1516.
The Sé do Funchal is the cathedral of Funchal, in the parish of Sé. It was begun in 1493, became a parish seat in 1508 and a cathedral in 1514. It was the starting point of processions and the place of the vow to São Tiago, and bishops are buried there.
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Bishop sent to Funchal in 1516 on behalf of Bishop Diogo Pinheiro; consecrated Funchal Cathedral and blessed one of its bells.
- D. Diogo Pinheirod. 1526
First Bishop of Funchal, who, busy in royal service, sent D. Duarte in his place.
- Gaspar Frutuoso1522–1591
Azorean chronicler whose account of D. Duarte's visit is quoted.
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Bishop sent to Madeira by the Order of Christ in 1508.