Person priest Franciscan friar vicar capitular
António Alfredo de Santa Catarina Braga
priest · Franciscan friar · vicar capitular · governor of the diocese of Funchal
Former Franciscan friar and liberal preacher who governed the diocese of Funchal from 1834 to 1840. He is remembered for suppressing the cult of Fr. Pedro da Guarda in 1835, having his statue burnt; he also reorganised parishes, raising Boaventura to a parish and merging Água de Pena into Santo da Serra in 1836, and blessed the Angústias cemetery in 1838.
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- Angústias (cemetery) — Blessed the new cemetery on 8 July 1838.
- Boaventura (parish) — Diocesan governor who raised Boaventura to a parish in 1836.
- Guarda (Friar Pedro da) — Governor of the diocese of Funchal who, in June 1835, had the statue of Frei Pedro da Guarda burnt and banned his cult.
- St Bernardino (convent) — Vicar capitular and governor of the diocese whose attitude diminished devotion to Fr. Pedro da Guarda.
- Água de Pena (parish) — Vicar capitular and governor of the diocese who in 1836 suppressed Água de Pena parish, annexing it to Santo da Serra.
- Santo António da Serra (parish) — Governor of the diocese who in 1836 merged Água de Pena into the new parish of Santo da Serra.
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