Miguel Rangel, OFMCap (1541 – 16 August 1602) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Angola e Congo (1596–1602). ''(in Latin)''"Bishop Miguel Rangel, OFMCap"
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Biography

Miguel Rangel was born in

Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ), officially the City of Coimbra (), is a city and a concelho, municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2021 census was 140,796, in an area of . The fourth-largest agglomerated urban area in Po ...

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and ordained a priest in the

Order of Friars Minor Capuchin The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (; postnominal abbr. OFMCap) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the Catholic Church, one of three " First Orders" that reformed from the Franciscan Friars Minor Observant (OFMObs, now OFM), the ...

in 1581. On 20 May 1596, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Clement VIII Pope Clement VIII (; ; 24 February 1536 – 3 March 1605), born Ippolito Aldobrandini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 30 January 1592 to his death in March 1605. Born in Fano, Papal States to a prominen ...

as Bishop of Angola e Congo. In 1596, he was consecrated bishop by

Fabio Blondus de Montealto Fabio Biondi da Montalto or Fabius Blondus de Montealto (died 6 December 1618) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Patriarch of Jerusalem (1588–1618). ''(in Latin)'' ''(in Latin)'' Biography On 8 January 1588, Fabio Blondus de Montealto ...

, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem. He served as Bishop of Angola e Congo until his death on 16 August 1602.

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