Diego da Conceição de Araújo

Diego da Conceição de Araújo, O.E.S.A. (1549–1597) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Goa (1595–1597).[1]

Most Reverend

Diego da Conceição de Araújo
Titular Archbishop of Calama
Auxiliary Bishop of Goa
ChurchCatholic Church
In office1595–1597
PredecessorJeronimo Pereyra
SuccessorJerónimo de Carrerio
Orders
Consecration1596
by Alexeu de Jesu de Meneses
Personal details
Born1549
Died1597
Goa

Biography

João da Rocha was born in Vila Viçosa in 1549 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine.[2] On 13 Nov 1595, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Titular Archbishop of Calama.[1][2] In 1596, he was consecrated bishop by Alexeu de Jesu de Meneses, Archbishop of Goa.[2] He served as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese until his death in 1597.[1][2]

References

  1. Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 128. (in Latin)
  2. Cheney, David M. "Bishop Diego da Conceição de Araújo, O.S.A. †". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 29 January 2022. [self-published]


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