João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa (14 October 1810 – 22 December 1888) was a Portuguese bishop. He was Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde and archbishop of

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and

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Biography

Pessoa was born on 14 October 1810 in Cantanhede in the district of Coimbra, he was taught in 1827. Pessoa was a teacher in theology at the

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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, Pessoa became Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde which was ordained on 26 August, less than a year he left, by cardinal Manuel Bento Rodrigues da Silva. Less than a year after, he became

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which was confirmed in 1861 and became in 1862. He made his entry into the city of Janeiro in 1862. At the

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, he founded a rich library. The governor

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conceded in 1868 for authorization for returning the metropolis. In 1877, Pessoa returned to Portugal and became

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. He disliked the diocese circumscription in 1882, which reduced the area of the diocese of Braga when parts were joined with

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. He resigned in June 1883 and he retired to São João Baptista de Cabanas in the parish (now subdivision) of Dume in

. His tomb is at Misericórdia church in Cantahede.

References

External links

D. João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa at Cantanhede Municipal Library
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pessoa, Joao Cristostomo Amorim 1810 births 1888 deaths 19th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Portugal Bishops of Braga People from Cantanhede, Portugal 19th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in India Roman Catholic bishops of Santiago de Cabo Verde Colonial Goa Roman Catholic archbishops of Braga