D. Luís Rodrigues de Vilares
d. 1810
bishop of Funchal
Bishop of Funchal from 1798 to 1810, remembered chiefly for his bitter conflict with Governor D. José Manuel da Câmara, which led to his temporary expulsion from Funchal in 1803 and the governor's dismissal. After the 1803 flood he instituted the annual votive procession, and he protected the poet Francisco Álvares de Nóbrega.
1Mentioned in
- Historical dates — Bishop of Funchal, died 1810.
- Patron saints — Bishop of Funchal who instituted the vow to Our Lady after the 1803 flood.
- Bishops of Funchal — Nineteenth bishop of Funchal (1797–1810).
- Alvares de Nobrega (Francisco) — Successor to Bishop Torres, who protected the poet and had him freed from the Limoeiro prison.
- Funchal Cathedral (the Sé) — Bishop of Funchal, died 1810, buried in the cathedral.
- Freire (Ascenso de Sequeira) — Bishop of Funchal involved in serious disputes with governor José Manuel da Câmara.
- Votive procession of 9 October — Bishop of Funchal who with the chapter resolved in 1803 to hold an annual votive procession after the great flood.
- Camacha (parish) — Bishop who requested the curacy created in 1801.
- Market and Chapel of St Sebastian — Bishop of Funchal who protested that the chapel was demolished without his authorisation.
- Câmara (Dom José Manuel da) — Bishop of Funchal exiled by the governor to Santo da Serra and accused of freemasonry, later kept in office.
- St John the Evangelist (college and church) — Bishop who demanded the college back for the seminary and won the 1803 dispute with the governor.
- Santo António da Serra (parish) — Bishop who spent some months exiled in the parish by order of the governor.
2Chronology
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A serious conflict between Governor José Manuel da Câmara and Bishop D. Luís Rodrigues de Vilares over the Jesuit college led the governor to force the bishop out of Funchal to Santo da Serra.
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The Funchal town council, and then Bishop D. Luís Rodrigues de Vilares and the cathedral chapter, vowed an annual votive procession and feast every 9 October in honour of Our Lady's patronage.
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Bishop D. Luís Rodrigues de Vilares and the dismissed governor sailed separately from Madeira to Lisbon under government orders.
3Places mentioned
Abroad