Miguel Rangel Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Miguel Rangel
Bishop of Angola e Congo
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Angola e Congo
Term:1596–1602
Predecessor:None
Successor:Antonio de Santo Estevão
Ordination:1581
Consecration:1596
Consecrated By:Fabio Blondus de Montealto
Birth Date:1541
Birth Place:Coimbra, Portugal
Death Date:16 August 1602

Miguel Rangel, OFMCap (1541 – 16 August 1602) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Angola e Congo (1596–1602).[1] [2] [3]

Biography

Miguel Rangel was born in Coimbra, Portugal and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin in 1581.On 20 May 1596, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Angola e Congo.In 1596, he was consecrated bishop by Fabio Blondus de Montealto, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem. He served as Bishop of Angola e Congo until his death on 16 August 1602.

Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 159. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/brange.html "Bishop Miguel Rangel, OFMCap"
  3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dlund.html "Archdiocese of Luanda"