| Type: | Bishop |
| Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
| Penha de França | |
| Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe | |
| Church: | Catholic Church |
| Diocese: | Diocese of São Tomé and Príncipe |
| Term: | 1699–1702 |
| Predecessor: | Timóteo do Sacramento |
| Successor: | João de Sahagún |
| Consecration: | 29 Jun 1700 |
| Consecrated By: | João Franco de Oliveira |
| Birth Date: | 6 Nov 1649 |
| Birth Place: | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Death Date: | 1702 (age 52) |
| Death Place: | São Tomé e Príncipe |
Penha de França, O.A.D. (1649–1702) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe (1699–1702).[1] [2] [3] [4]
Penha de França was born in Lisbon, Portugal on 6 Nov 1649 and ordained a priest in the Ordo Augustiniensium Discalceatorum.On 5 Oct 1699, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe.On 29 Jun 1700, he was consecrated bishop by João Franco de Oliveira, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia. He served as Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe until his death in 1702.