Successor José Luis Alves Feijó | Died 22 December 1888 | |
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In office 8 August 1860 - 22 March 1861 Predecessor Patrício Xavier de Moura Born October 14, 1810
Cantanhede, Portugal ( 1810-10-14 ) Archdioceses Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman, Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde | ||
João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa (14 October 1810 - 22 December 1888) was a Portuguese bishop, he was Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde and archbishops of Goa and Braga.
Biography
Dom João Crisóstomo was born on 14 October 1810 in Cantanhede in the district of Coimbra, he was taught in 1827.
He was a teacher in theology at the University of Coimbra in 1850. He was professor in ecclesiastical sciences at the seminary in Coimbra and a substitute teacher at the Faculty of Theology in 1865.
In 1860, he became Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde which was ordained on August 26, less than a year he left, by cardinal Manuel Bento Rodrigues da Silva. Less than a year after, he became Archbishop of Goa which was confirmed in 1861 and became in 1862. He made his entry into the city of Janeiro in 1862. At the Rachol Seminary, he founded a rich library.
The governor José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses conceded in 1868 for authorization for returning the metropolis.
In 1877, he returned to Portugal and became archbishop of Braga. He disliked the diocese circumscription in 1882, which reduced the area of the diocese of Braga and some became part of Porto, he resigned in June 1883 and he retired to São João Baptista de Cabanas in the parish (now subdivision) of Dume in Braga. His tomb is at Misericórdia church in Cantahede.