Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
João Afonso de Albuquerque | |
Bishop of Goa | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Goa |
Term: | 1537–1553 |
Predecessor: | Francisco de Melo |
Successor: | Gaspar de Leão Pereira |
Consecration: | On 13 Jan 1538 |
Consecrated By: | Diego de Ortiz de Vilhegas |
Death Date: | 28 Feb 1553 |
João Afonso de Albuquerque, O.F.M. was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Goa (1537–1553).[1]
João de Albuquerque was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.[2] On 11 Apr 1537, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Goa.[2] On 13 Jan 1538, he was consecrated bishop in Lisbon by Diego de Ortiz de Vilhegas, Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe, with Martinho de Portugal, Archbishop of Funchal, and Fernando de Menezes Coutinho e Vasconcellos, Bishop of Lamego, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Goa until his death on 28 Feb 1553.[1] [2]
. Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Konrad Eubel. III. 204. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. Latin.