Year · 1587

1587

Two ships seized by a corsair in Funchal bay were recovered.

Castilian rule

1587

A diocesan synod under Bishop Luís Figueiredo de Lemos promulgated new diocesan constitutions.

Figueiredo e Lemos (Dom Luís de)

1587

Bishop Luís Figueiredo de Lemos found the chapel at Achadas da Cruz in poor condition.

Achadas da Cruz (parish) Luís de Figueiredo e Lemos

19 February 1587

Pope Sixtus V confirmed D. Sebastião de Morais as bishop of Funai, the first diocese in Japan.

Morais (Dom Sebastião de) Sixtus V Funai

26 April 1587

A royal charter on irrigation water was issued.

Water

14 August 1587

The parish of São Pedro in Funchal was restored by Filipe I.

Lemos (Dom Jorge de)St Paul (chapels)São Pedro (parish) Philip II São Pedro

22 September 1587

A royal charter fixed the stipend of the priest of Madalena do Mar at 20,000 réis.

Madalena do Mar (parish)