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    The Diocese of Angra (Portuguese: Diocese de Angra, Latin: Dioecesis Angrensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in the Portuguese archipelago...
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    Gaspar de Faria (Barcelos, c. 1520 — Angra, 19 March 1576), was the 6th Bishop of Angra, governing the Diocese between 1571 and 1576. Gaspar de Faria was...
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    Angra do Heroísmo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɐ̃ɡɾɐ ðu eɾuˈiʒmu] ), or simply Angra, is a city and municipality on Terceira Island, Portugal, and one...
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    Felix José de Mendonça. On 20 January 1721 he was presented as the Bishop of the Diocese of Angra. Although it is unclear when he arrived in Angra, in his...
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    The Cathedral of Angra do Heroísmo (Portuguese: Sé Catedral de Angra do Heroísmo) is a Portuguese 16th-century cathedral located in the civil parish of...
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    para o Património Arquitectónico/IHRU/Diocese de Angra, retrieved 6 May 2012 DRAC, ed. (2010). Festas das ilhas de São Miguel e Santa Maria 2010 [Festivals...
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    Angra, 22 April 1818), born Alexandre José da Silva (sometimes referred to as António Ferreira da Silva in biographies), was the 25th Bishop of Angra...
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  • Lisbon Diocese of Guarda Diocese of Leiria-Fátima Diocese of Portalegre-Castelo Branco Diocese of Santarém Diocese of Setúbal Diocese of Angra, on the...
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    (10 February 1727, Santo Antão — 30 October 1799, Angra) was the 23rd Bishop of the Diocese of Angra, governing from 1783 to 1799. He was also, between...
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    References in the Constituições Sinodais da Diocese de Angra (approved in 1559) by the Bishop of Angra, Friar Jorge de Santiago show that some attention was...
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    The Diocese of Saint Thomas of Mylapore, presently in Chennai, Tamil Nadu (or in Portuguese São Tomé de Meliapor, in Latin Sancti Thomae de Meliapor)...
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    Diocese of Angra (the Azores) Diocese of Funchal (on Madeira) Diocese of Guarda Diocese of Leiria-Fátima Diocese of Portalegre-Castelo Branco Diocese...
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    Santa Catarina Palace (category Buildings and structures in Angra do Heroísmo)
    Solar de Santa Catarina/Paço Episcopal de Angra do Heroísmo) is a former-manorhouse in the civil parish of São Pedro, in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo...
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    as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Angra, Portugal from 1996 until his retirement in 2016. "Bishop António de Sousa Braga". Catholic-Hierarchy...
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    cathedral of Angra "para todo osempre" (forevermore) some houses and courtyards he owned. The properties were formerly rented by Francisco de Giberlião,...
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    SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico/IHRU/Diocese de Angra), archived from the original on 23 September 2015, retrieved 23 September...
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    Diocese of Macau (Portuguese: Diocese de Macau; Chinese: 天主教澳門教區[romanization needed]) is a Latin Church exempt ecclesiastical territory or diocese of...
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    SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico/IHRU/Diocese de Angra), archived from the original on 23 September 2015, retrieved 23 September...
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  • ecclesiastical training. Due to the absence of a resident bishop in the Diocese de Angra, he travelled to Lisbon in 1612 in order to be ordained a priest. He...
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    discovered on a Thursday or Friday, on Corpo de Deus (Body of Christ); or because it was part of the dioceses of Angra, through the invocation of San Salvador...
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  • priest on 17 January 1943. He was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Angra on 18 March 1974 as well as titular bishop of Drusiliana, and was ordained...
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  • Pico, Azores São Mateus da Calheta, a civil parish in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Azores São Mateus, the alternative name for the civil...
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    of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (14 Feb 1785 – 23 Nov 1787), Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (18 Dec 1815 – death 23 Apr 1818) Francisco de São Damazo Abreu...
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    used to protect the location from pirate attacks. The bishop of the Diocese of Angra, António Caetano da Rocha, on 2 December 1766 created a new parish...
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    Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: [ˈʁi.u d(ʒi) ʒɐˈne(j)ɾu] ), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the second-most-populous city...
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  • Died) Jerónimo de Gouveia (24 Jan 1601 – 1602 Resigned) Agostinho Ribeiro (27 Aug 1603 – 29 Jul 1613 Appointed, Bishop of Angra) Antonio de Aguilar (21 Oct...
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    Judiciary (Angra) and the Regional Assembly (Horta). Angra also serves as the ecclesiastical centre of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Angra, the episcopal...
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    which had as suffragans the dioceses like Angra do Heroísmo, São Tomé, Santiago and Goa. From its area, the future Diocese (today Archdiocese) of São Salvador...
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    The Diocese of Viseu (Latin: Dioecesis Visensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in Portugal. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of...
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  • Lisboa Diocese of Angra Diocese of Funchal Diocese of Guarda Diocese of Leiria-Fátima Diocese of Portalegre-Castelo Branco Diocese of Santarém Diocese of...
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