Henriques (Father João Maurício)
Original title: Henriques (Padre João Mauricio)
Biography of Father João Maurício Henriques (1852–1901), Funchal priest, army chaplain and journalist who wrote a history of the 12th Caçadores regiment.
He was born in this city on 22 March 1852, the son of António Gomes Henriques and Dona Ana Rosa de Sousa Henriques, and died in Lisbon on 16 December 1901. He studied at the lyceum (state secondary school) and the seminary of Funchal, and was ordained priest in 1877. After serving in church posts as curate of the parish (freguesia) of Santa Cruz (‘Holy Cross’) and parish priest of Achadas da Cruz (‘plateaus of the cross’) and of Santana (‘St Anne’), he was appointed military chaplain by decree of 2 March 1885. He served for some time in the Algarve and in 1887 moved to Funchal, serving in the 12th Caçadores (Portuguese light infantry) regiment and later in the 27th Infantry. He contributed to several Madeiran newspapers and was an editor of the Diário de Noticias of this city. In 1909 he published in Funchal a 104-page pamphlet entitled Breve Noticia historica e descriptiva do extinto regimento de caçadores n.° 12.
In this article
Time
Years mentioned · 06-
Father João Maurício Henriques was born in Funchal.
-
João Maurício Henriques was ordained priest.
-
Padre João Maurício Henriques was appointed military chaplain by decree.
-
Padre João Maurício Henriques began serving in Funchal with the 12th Caçadores regiment.
-
Father João Maurício Henriques died in Lisbon.
-
Padre João Maurício Henriques published a brief history of the extinct 12th Caçadores regiment.
Place
Places mentioned · 06
Abroad
- Achadas da Cruz
Porto Moniz. Parish where he served as parish priest.
Achadas da Cruz is a small parish in the far north-west of Madeira, in the municipality of Porto Moniz; it grew from a sixteenth-century chapel and became an independent parish in 1848. It was transferred between municipalities several times: to Porto Moniz in 1835, briefly to Calheta in 1849–55, and to Calheta again when Porto Moniz was abolished in 1895. Its flat is the smallest plateau, with a crater-like lagoon 66 m across; free-ranging cattle and Euphorbia mellifera are found there. Other records include the benefactor Manuel de Pontes Câmara and the wreck of the yacht Varuna in 1909.
- Algarve
Portugal. Region where he first served as military chaplain.
The Algarve is a region of mainland Portugal that supplied many early Madeiran settlers, notably from Boliqueime, and probably cattle. Zarco guarded its coast as captain, and Bartolomeu Perestrelo died there. Simão Gonçalves da Câmara put in there on his aborted voyage to Spain.
- Funchal
His birthplace and where he served from 1887.
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.
- Lisbon
Portugal. Where he died.
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.
- Santa Cruz
Parish where he served as curate.
Santa Cruz is a parish and one of Madeira's oldest settlements, named after a cross Zarco had raised there at the discovery. The Elucidário covers its early ecclesiastical history, collegiate church, chapels, noble settlers and localities.
- Santana
Parish where he served as parish priest.
Santana is a parish on Madeira's north coast, praised as the most picturesque of the north. It was created from São Jorge in the 16th century, and the entry covers its settlement, parish priests, church, localities and population.
People
People mentioned · 03- João Maurício Henriques1852–1901
Funchal priest, army chaplain and editor of the Diário de Notícias, author of a history of the 12th Caçadores regiment (1909).
-
Mother of Padre João Maurício Henriques.
-
Father of Padre João Maurício Henriques.