D. Jerónimo Fernando
d. 1650
bishop of Funchal · interim governor of Madeira
Ninth bishop of Funchal (appointed 1619, took office 1621, died 1650), nicknamed 'Bravo', a strict reformer who three times acted as interim governor of Madeira. In his time the great Córdoba-made organ came to the cathedral, and he blessed the new chapel of St James in 1632.
1Mentioned in
- Castilian rule — Bishop of Funchal who in 1621 excommunicated treasury and customs officials over unpaid clergy stipends.
- New Convent — Bishop of Funchal who accepted the administration of the unfinished monastery in 1638.
- Sousa (Dom Francisco) — Bishop of Funchal who assumed the governorship after D. Francisco de Sousa left.
- Henriques (Dom Francisco) — Bishop of Funchal who became interim governor-general on D. Francisco Henriques's death, confirmed in 1624.
- Saldanha (Fernão) — Bishop of Funchal who acted as governor of Madeira after Fernão Saldanha's death in 1626.
- Patron saints — Bishop of Funchal and governor and captain-general, asked in 1632 to consecrate St James's church.
- Vow to St James — Bishop of Funchal who blessed the new chapel of St James on 25 July 1632.
- Bishops of Funchal — Ninth bishop of Funchal (1618–1650).
- Art of Stealing — Bishop of Funchal and governor-general of Madeira (1624–1634), in whose time events cited in the Arte de Furtar occurred.
- Music — Bishop in whose time a large Córdoba-made organ came to the cathedral.
- Funchal Cathedral (the Sé) — Bishop of Funchal (1624–1641) who commissioned the great organ.
- St James the Less (church) — Bishop of Funchal who blessed the repaired church on 25 July 1632.
- São Filipe da Praça (fort) — Bishop-governor of Madeira who ordered the building of the fort in 1628.
- Restoration of Portugal — Bishop of Funchal who received a letter from João IV and presented it at the 1641 acclamation.
- Almeida (Dom Friar Gabriel de) — Bishop of Funchal whose successor, Gabriel de Almeida, took office only after the see had been vacant for 20 years.
- Castelo Branco (Camilo) — Bishop of Funchal whose ancestry is noted in Camilo's novel O Regicida.
2Chronology
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D. Jerónimo Fernando was nominated bishop of Funchal.
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Bishop Jerónimo Fernando excommunicated treasury and customs officials; a royal order of 21 November lifted the excommunication.
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D. Jerónimo Fernando took possession of the see of Funchal.
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Bishop Jerónimo Fernando governed Madeira, the period of events mentioned in the Arte de Furtar.
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Bishop D. Jerónimo Fernando was confirmed as governor-general of Madeira by royal letter.
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Governor Fernão Saldanha died in Madeira and Bishop D. Jerónimo Fernando assumed the government.
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The fort of São Filipe da Praça in Funchal was built by order of the bishop-governor D. Jerónimo Fernando.
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Bishop D. Jerónimo Fernando blessed the new chapel of St James in Funchal.
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Canon António Espranger Rocha entrusted the unfinished Mosteiro Novo to the bishop, D. Jerónimo Fernando.
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A caravel brought D. João IV's letters to the governor and the bishop of Madeira.
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The bishop allowed the founder's nephews and nieces to live in the Mosteiro Novo building.
3Places mentioned
Abroad