Custodio do Pinho explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Custodio do Pinho
Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria
Vicar Apostolic of Malabar
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Apostolic Vicariate of Malabar
Term:1694–1697
Predecessor:Raphael de Figueredo
Successor:Angelo Vigliotti
Birth Date:3 August 1638
Birth Place:Salsette, Kingdom of Portugal
Death Date:14 April 1697 (age 58)
Death Place:Malabar, India
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Vicar Apostolic of Malabar (1694–1697)

Custodio do Pinho (1638–1697) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria (1669–1697), Vicar Apostolic of Malabar (1694–1697), and Vicar Apostolic of Great Mogul (1669–1696).[1] [2] [3] [4]

Biography

Custodio do Pinho was born in Salsette, Kingdom of Portugal on 3 August 1638.On 14 January 1669, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement IX as Vicar Apostolic of Great Mogul and Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria.On 27 January 1669, he was consecrated bishop. On 16 January 1694, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Vicar Apostolic of Malabar.In 1696, he resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Great Mogul. He served as Vicar Apostolic of Malabar until his death on 14 April 1697.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Ritzler. Remigius. Sefrin. Pirminus. 219. 1952. Messagero di S. Antonio. Patavii. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdpinhoc.html "Bishop Custodio do Pinho"
  3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dvrpl.html "Archdiocese of Verapoly"
  4. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/vera0.htm "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Verapoly"