Year · 1539

1539

Father Sebastião Vaz is recorded as vicar of Estreito de Câmara de Lobos.

Estreito de Câmara de Lobos (parish) Sebastião Vaz

1539

Permission was granted to build a baptismal font at Madalena do Mar.

Madalena do Mar (parish)

8 July 1539

A papal bull transferred Funchal's four suffragan sees to Lisbon, ending the archbishopric of Funchal.

Archdiocese of Funchal Lisbon

13 July 1539

Gonçalo Fernandes died and was buried in his chapel at Arco da Calheta (one entry gives 15 June 1539).

Fernandes (Gonçalo)Immaculate Conception (chapels) Gonçalo Fernandes Arco da Calheta