Diego da Conceição de Araújo explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Diego da Conceição de Araújo
Titular Archbishop of Calama
Auxiliary Bishop of Goa
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1595–1597
Predecessor:Jeronimo Pereyra
Successor:Jerónimo de Carrerio
Consecration:1596
Consecrated By:Alexeu de Jesu de Meneses
Birth Date:1549
Birth Place:Vila Viçosa
Death Date:1597

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]

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.In 1596, he was consecrated bishop by Alexeu de Jesu de Meneses, Archbishop of Goa.He served as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese until his death in 1597.

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Notes and References

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