João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa

João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa (14 October 1810 – 22 December 1888) was a Portuguese bishop. He was Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde and archbishop of Goa and Braga.[1]

João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa
Archbishop of Braga
Archdiocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde
In office	1876-1883
Predecessor	José Joaquim de Azevedo e Moura
Successor	António José de Freitas Honorato
Personal details
Born	October 14, 1810 Cantanhede, Portugal
Died	December 22, 1888 (aged 78) Dume, Portugal

Biography

Pessoa was born on 14 October 1810 in Cantanhede in the district of Coimbra, he was taught in 1827.

Pessoa was a teacher in theology at the University of Coimbra in 1850. He was professor in ecclesiastical sciences at the seminary in Coimbra and a substitute teacher at the Faculty of Theology in 1865.

In 1860, Pessoa became Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde which was ordained on August 26, less than a year he left, by cardinal Manuel Bento Rodrigues da Silva. Less than a year after, he became Archbishop of Goa which was confirmed in 1861 and became in 1862. He made his entry into the city of Janeiro in 1862. At the Rachol Seminary, he founded a rich library.[2]

The governor José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses conceded in 1868 for authorization for returning the metropolis.

In 1877, Pessoa returned to Portugal and became archbishop of Braga. He disliked the diocese circumscription in 1882, which reduced the area of the diocese of Braga when parts were joined with Porto. He resigned in June 1883[2] and he retired to São João Baptista de Cabanas in the parish (now subdivision) of Dume in Braga. His tomb is at Misericórdia church in Cantahede.

References

1. "João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa". Catholic Hierarchy.
2. "João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa". Giga Catholic.

External links

• D. João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa at Cantanhede Municipal Library (in Portuguese)