Estevão de Brito explained

Type:Bishop
Estevão de Brito
Archbishop of Cranganore
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of Cranganore
Term:1624–1641
Predecessor:Francis Ros
Successor:Francisco Garcia Mendes
Ordination:1603
Consecration:29 September 1624
Consecrated By:Sebastião de São Pedro
Birth Date:1567
Birth Place:Estremoz, Portugal
Death Date:2 December 1641
Death Place:Cranganore, India
Previous Post:Titular Bishop of Salona
Honorific Prefix:Most Reverend
Honorific Suffix:SJ

Estevão de Brito, S.J. (1567–1641), in Latin Stephanus de Britto, was a Portuguese Jesuit and Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Cranganore (1624–1641) and Titular Bishop of Salona (1621–1624).[1] [2] [3] [4]

Biography

Estevão de Brito was born in Estremoz, Portugal in 1567 and professed a priest in the Society of Jesus in 1603.On 11 January 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Titular Bishop of Salona and Coadjutor Archbishop of Cranganore.Om 18 February 1624, he succeeded to the bishopric.On 29 September 1624, he was consecrated bishop by Sebastião de São Pedro, Bishop of Cochin. He served as Archbishop of Cranganore until his death on 2 December 1641.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 302 and 167. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbritos.html "Archbishop Etienne de Brito, S.J."
  3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dc518.html "Archdiocese of Cranganore (Angamala)"
  4. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/cran2.htm "Archdiocese of Cranganor"