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Antonio de Gouvea

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Nationality
  
Portuguese

Died
  
18 Aug 1628 (age 53)

Consecration
  
8 January 1612

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Antonio de Gouvea, O.E.S.A. (1575-1628) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Bishop of Cyrene (1611-1628).

Biography

Agustín Antolínez was born in Beja, Portugal and ordained a priest in the Order of Hermits of St. Augustine on 4 Jun 1591. On 19 Aug 1611, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Titular Bishop of Cyrene. On 8 Jan 1612, he was consecrated bishop by Alexeu de Jesu de Meneses, Archbishop of Goa. He died on 18 Aug 1628. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Agustín Spínola Basadone, Bishop of Tortosa (1623), Agustín Antolínez, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (1623), and Juan Roco Campofrío, Bishop of Zamora (1625).

References

Antonio de Gouvea Wikipedia