Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Manoel Pereira | |
Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro |
Term: | 1675–1680 |
Predecessor: | Manuel Pessoa de Figueiredo |
Successor: | José de Barros Alarcão |
Ordained By: | César d'Estrées |
Consecration: | 10 Jan 1677 |
Birth Date: | 22 Jan 1625 |
Birth Place: | Lisbon, Portugal |
Death Date: | 6 Jan 1688 (age 62) |
Manoel Pereira, O.P. (1625–1688) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (1675–1680).[1] [2] [3] [4]
Manoel Pereira was born in Lisbon, Portugal on 22 Jan 1625 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.On 16 Nov 1676, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro.On 10 Jan 1677, he was consecrated bishop by César d'Estrées, Bishop of Laon, with Francesco Casati, Titular Archbishop of Trapezus, and Michael Angelus Broglia, Bishop of Vercelli, serving as co-consecrators. He resigned in 1680. He died on 6 Jan 1688.