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]
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.