Person bishop theology professor
José Xavier de Cerveira e Sousa
1797–1862
bishop · theology professor
Coimbra theology professor who became bishop of Funchal (1843/44–1848) after a ten-year vacancy, during the period of Robert Kalley's Protestant proselytism. He was later bishop of Beja and Viseu.
1Mentioned in
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- Angústias (cemetery) — Bishop who blessed the cemetery chapel on 15 December 1844.
- Andrade (Dean António Joaquim Gonçalves de) — Bishop of Funchal who recalled Andrade in 1844 to help oppose Protestant proselytism.
- Bishops of Funchal — Twenty-second bishop of Funchal (1844–1848).
- Funchal Poorhouse — Bishop of Funchal who sat on the asylum's first administrative committee in 1847.
2Chronology
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José Xavier de Cerveira e Sousa, later bishop, was born at Mogofores.
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D. José Xavier de Cerveira e Sousa was confirmed as bishop of Funchal.
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Dean António Joaquim Gonçalves de Andrade was recalled to Madeira by Bishop Cerveira e Sousa.
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The chapel of the Angústias cemetery in Funchal was built and was blessed by Bishop Cerveira e Sousa on 15 December 1844.
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D. José Xavier de Cerveira e Sousa received episcopal consecration.
3Places mentioned
Abroad