Gaspar de Faria
| Gaspar da Faria | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Angra | |
| Church | Sé Cathedral of Angra |
| Province | São João Evangalista |
| Diocese | Angra |
| Appointed | 1571 |
| Installed | 1572 |
| Term ended | 1576 |
| Predecessor | Nuno Álvares Pereira |
| Successor | Pedro de Castilho |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1520 Barcelos |
| Died | March 19, 1576 Angra do Heroísmo (Azores), Portugal |
| Buried | Angra do Heroísmo (Azores), Portugal |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Residence | Agualva, Praia da Vitória (Azores), Portugal |
| Parents |
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| Occupation | Bishop |
| Profession | Religious |
| Alma mater | University of Coimbra |
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 the son of Sebastião de Faria and, his wife, Grácia Machado, a family of Barcelos.
He was clergy in the habit of Saint Peter, doctored in the sacred canons at the University of Coimbra, presented to bishopric of Angra by the Vicar-General of the Archbishopric of Lisbon. After being confirmed as Bishop of Angra, by papal bull Gratiae divinae preamium issued by Pope Pius V, on 15 October 1571, he arrived at his post in 1572.
One of his first actions was to establish vicarages to represent all the ecumenical parishes of the island of Terceira, which included São Pedro and São Bento in the city of Angra. He was one of the first prelates of Angra to visit the islands that corresponded to the Diocese, with notice that he celebrated mass at the Church of São Sebastião in the city of Ponta Delgada. The bishop was also attributed with the creation, around 1576, of the parish of São Pedro da Ribeira Seca, on the outskirts of the town of Ribeira Grande. The parish of Santa Clara was also created at the beginning of 1570, during the bishop's prelature, obtaining its seat in the hermitage of its invocation that already existed before the 1522 earthquake. Yet, his visit to São Miguel was not all that calm, as he launched an injunction against the nuns at the Convent of Esperança, in Ponta Delgada. This resulted in the nuns sending the Franciscan Brás Camelo, who was able to obtain a determination against the injunction, from the Cardinal-King Henry. The King, therefore, sent Luís de Vasconcelos, rector of the College of the Society of Jesus, in order to smooth the conflict between the nuns and prelate.
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