Miguel de Castro

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His Excellency

Miguel de Castro
Archbishop of Lisbon, Viceroy of Portugal
Retrato de D. Miguel de Castro (c. 1750) - Vieira Lusitano (cropped).png
Portrait by Vieira Lusitano, 1755
Church Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese Lisbon
See Cathedral of St. Mary Major
Installed26 February 1586
Term ended1 July 1625
PredecessorJorge de Almeida
Successor Afonso Furtado de Mendonça
Other post(s) Bishop of Viseu (1579–86)
Personal details
Born1536
Died(1625-07-01)1 July 1625
Lisbon, Portugal
NationalityPortuguese
Education University of Coimbra (Th.D.)

D. Miguel de Castro (1536-1625) was Bishop of Viseu in 1579, Archbishop of Lisbon in 1586, and later Viceroy of Portugal. He received his doctorate in Theology at Coimbra and was appointed Inquisitor of the Holy Office in 1556, eleven years later becoming a member of the General Council.

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Biography

Protected by the Cardinal-King Henry of Portugal, he ascended to the prelacy of Viseu in 1579, and in 1585 is named Archbishop of Lisbon, successor to D. Jorge de Almeida.

He also directed the reprinting of the Constituições do Arcebispado de Lisboa "both the old and the extravagant." D. Miguel held high positions during the Philippine rule, being one of the Governors of the Kingdom in 1593.

A biography of Bartolomeu da Costa was dedicated to him, in 1611, by António Carvalho de Parada. [1]

In 1615 he succeeded Bishop Pedro de Castilho as Viceroy of Portugal, a post he held for two years.

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References

  1. ↑ Antônio Carvalho de Parada Diálogos sobre a vida e morte do muito religioso sacerdote Bartolomeu da Costa, tesoureiro-mor da Sé de Lisboa, Lisboa, Pedro Craesbeeck, 1611
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