Person bishop of Funchal theologian professor
D. Fr. Gaspar do Casal
1512–1584
bishop of Funchal · theologian · professor
Third bishop of Funchal, appointed in 1551. A learned theologian, he was a professor at Coimbra and a theologian at the Council of Trent. He never visited his diocese and was later bishop of Leiria and Coimbra.
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- Lemos (Dom Jorge de) — Third bishop of Funchal, who also never visited the diocese.
- Bishops of Funchal — Third bishop of Funchal (1551–1556).