Person bishop Jesuit provincial of Portugal
D. Sebastião de Morais
1534–1588
bishop · Jesuit · provincial of Portugal
Funchal-born Jesuit and provincial of Portugal, confirmed in 1587 as the first bishop of Funai in Japan; he died in Mozambique in 1588 on his way to his diocese. He founded an altar in the parish church of Machico as his burial place and the seat of his entailed estate.
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- Madeiran bishops — Madeiran-born bishop of Japan, listed among the island's native prelates.
- Historical dates — Madeiran first bishop of Japan, who died in Mozambique in 1588 on his way to his see.
- Jesuits — Madeiran Jesuit with his own entry in the Elucidário.
- Machico (parish church) — Founder of an altar in the church as burial place and seat of his entailed estate.
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