Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos
Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos | |
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| Archbishop of Goa Bishop of Funchal | |
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| Born | 18 September 1837 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal |
| Died | 28 November 1880 (aged 43) Goa, Portuguese India (now part of India) |
Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos (18 September 1837 – 28 November 1880) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Goa.
He was born September 18, 1837, in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, a son of Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos Esmeraldo Rolim de Moura and wife Augusta Correia Vasques Salvago de Brito de Olival. On March 6, 1871, he was appointed Bishop of Funchal, a diocese in Portugal, and on May 7, 1871, he was ordained as such. On October 27, 1872, he succeeded as Bishop of Funchal, after the death of the previous bishop, . He served as Archbishop of Goa for 6 years, from July 23, 1874, to his death on November 28, 1880.[1]
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