Person friar bishop of Cabo Verde bishop of Funchal
Patrício Xavier de Moura
d. 1872
friar · bishop of Cabo Verde · bishop of Funchal
Augustinian friar from Setúbal who became bishop of Cabo Verde, reputedly after winning a wager at backgammon, and then twenty-fourth bishop of Funchal (1859–1872). His episcopate was troubled by conflicts with the cathedral chapter and local politicians.
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- St Francis in Funchal (convent) — Bishop of Funchal who laid the foundation stone of the town hall in 1866.
- Materials for Madeiran History — Bishop of Funchal in whose estate an anonymous 18th-century manuscript was found.
- Bishops of Funchal — Twenty-fourth bishop of Funchal (1859–1872).
- Maximilian (Emperor of Mexico) — Bishop of Funchal invited to dine aboard the Novara in 1864.
- Ornelas e Vasconcelos (Dom Aires de) — Bishop of Funchal who proposed Aires de Ornelas as his coadjutor and successor.
- Governing Board of the Diocese in 1869 — Bishop of Funchal whose absence in 1869 left the diocese under the controversial governing board.
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