Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Catholic bishop
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Place of Birth: Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
About Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos
- Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos (18 September 1837 – 28 November 1880) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Goa. He was born September 18, 1837, in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, a son of Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos Esmeraldo Rolim de Moura and wife Augusta Correia Vasques Salvago de Brito de Olival.
- On March 6, 1871, he was appointed coadjucator Bishop of Funchal, a diocese in Portugal, and on May 7, 1871, he was ordained as such.
- On October 27, 1872, he succeeded as Bishop of Funchal, after the death of the previous bishop, PatrĂcio Xavier de Moura.
- He served as Archbishop of Goa for 6 years, from July 23, 1874, to his death on November 28, 1880.
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