Person bishop of Funchal bishop of Elvas archbishop of Braga
D. José da Costa Torres
b. 1741
bishop of Funchal · bishop of Elvas · archbishop of Braga
D. José da Costa Torres was bishop of Funchal from 1787 to 1796, remembered for his harsh persecution of freemasons in Madeira before his transfer to Elvas and later to Braga. He obtained the former Jesuit College for the seminary, opened in 1788.
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- Freemasonry — Bishop of Funchal who instigated the 1792 persecution of freemasons and was transferred to Elvas in 1796.
- Forjaz Coutinho (Dom Diogo Pereira) — Bishop of Funchal whom the governor assisted in persecuting secret societies in late eighteenth-century Madeira.
- Bishops of Funchal — Eighteenth bishop of Funchal (1786–1796).
- Lopes Rocha (João Francisco) — Bishop of Funchal who clashed with Lopes Rocha during the persecution of secret societies.
- Espírito Santo (festivities) — Author of the Fastos Açoreanos, quoted here on the origins and corruption of the Holy Spirit festivals.
- Our Lady of the Peña de Francia (chapel) — Bishop of Funchal forced to embark at night by troops from his residence at Penha on 6 October 1796.
- Seminary — Bishop who obtained the former Jesuit College for the seminary in 1787.
- Alvares de Nobrega (Francisco) — Bishop of Funchal who persecuted the freemasons and pursued the poet, who had satirised him; he was later transferred to Elvas.
- Madeira in the Torre do Tombo — Journalist commissioned to search the Torre do Tombo for Azorean documents.
- St John the Evangelist (college and church) — Bishop of Funchal who received the former college and opened the seminary there in 1788.
2Chronology
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By royal charter D. Maria I ceded the former Jesuit College buildings to Bishop José da Costa Torres for a diocesan seminary.
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The diocesan seminary moved to and was solemnly opened in the former Jesuit College in Funchal.
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Bishop José da Costa Torres, surrounded by troops at Penha, was forced to embark by night and left Madeira hastily without farewells.
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