Vicente do Espirito Santo

Vicente do Espirito Santo, O.A.D. (1730–1788) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Prelate of Goiás (1782–1788) and Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe (1778–1782).^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Biography

Vicente do Espirito Santo was born in Belém, Portugal on 15 Oct 1730 and ordained a deacon in the Order of Discalced Augustinians on 22 Sep 1754 and ordained a priest on 29 Sep 1754.^[2] On 30 Dec 1778, he was selected as Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe and confirmed by Pope Pius VI on 1 Mar 1779.^[1][2] On 30 Nov 1779, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Bonifacio Coelho, Titular Archbishop of Lacedaemonia, with Francisco de São Simão, Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde, and Domingos da Encarnação Pontével, Bishop of Mariana, serving as co-consecrators.^[2] On 25 Nov 1782, he resigned as Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe and shortly after was appointed by Pope Pius VI as the first Prelate of Goiás on 17 Dec 1782.^[1][2] He served as Prelate of Goiás until his death on 29 Nov 1788.^[2]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:^[2]

• José do Menino Jesus (Deus), Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (1780);
• José da Avé-Maria Leite da Costa e Silva, Bishop of Angra (1783);
• Alexandre da Sagrada Familia Ferreira da Silva, Bishop of Malacca (1783); and
• Vicente Ferreira da Rocha, Bishop of Castelo Branco (1783).

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