Domingos Torrado, O.S.A. (1555–1612) was a Roman Catholic prelate who was named as Titular Bishop of Fisicula (1605–1612).[1] He is also known as Domingos Terrado or Domingos da Trinidade.
Most Reverend Domingos Torrado da Trinidade | |
|---|---|
| Titular Bishop of Fisicula Auxiliary Bishop of Goa | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Goa |
| In office | 1605–1612 |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 13 Apr 1608 by Alexeu de Jesu de Meneses |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1555 Elvas, Portugal |
| Died | December 30, 1612 (aged 56–57) Goa |
Biography
editDomingos Torrado da Trinidade was born in Elvas, Portugal[2] in 1555 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine.[3] He served as vicar general of his congregation.[2] He traveled to Asia where he founded a convent in Colombo.[2] On 7 Feb 1605, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Titular Bishop of Fiscula and auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Goa[1][3] (some sources name him as titular bishop of Salé).[2] On 13 Apr 1608, he was consecrated bishop by Alexeu de Jesu de Meneses, Archbishop of Goa.[3] In 1610, de Meneses returned to Europe and Torrado served as administrator of the Archdiocese.[4][5] On 21 January 1612, Pope Paul V separated the east coast of Africa (from the Cape of Guardafui in the north to the Cape of Good Hope in the south) from the territory of the Archdiocese of Goa creating an separate ecclesiastical territory (prelature nullius) and named Torrado as the first Administrator of the Prelature of Mozambique.[6][7][8] He never succeeded as Administrator of Mozambique as he died on 30 Dec 1612 in Goa.[1][3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 188. (in Latin)
- ^ a b c d Boletim da Sociedade de Geographia de Lisboa (in Portuguese). January 1893. p. 460.
- ^ a b c d Cheney, David M. "Bishop Domingos Torrado, O.S.A. †". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 7 January 2022. [self-published]
- ^ Burton, Lady Isabel (12 October 2018). Arabia, Egypt, India: A Narrative of Travel. Franklin Classics. p. 412. ISBN 978-0342604609.
- ^ Neill, Stephen (29 January 2004). A History of Christianity in India: The Beginnings to AD 1707. Cambridge University Press. p. 471. ISBN 9780521548854.
- ^ Kenny, O.P., Joseph (1982). The Catholic Church in Tropical Africa 1445-1850. Ibadan University Press & Dominican Publications. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- ^ Vilanculos, Júlio André. The role played by Church and State in the democratisation process in Mozambique, 1975-2004 (PDF). Department of Church History and Church Polity, University of Pretoria.
The second missionary expedition in Mozambique began in January 1612 after the papal bull was issued by Pope Paulo V, who elevated Mozambique to a "Prelature Nullius". Prelature Nullius means a certain area of Roman Catholic Church that is functioning without a Prelate/Bishop. In such a situation, the Pope chooses an Administrator to run the activities of the Church.
- ^ Theal, George McCall (7 March 2019). The Beginning of South African History. Wentworth Press. p. 363. ISBN 978-0530428659.
External links and additional sources
edit- Cheney, David M. "Fisicula (Titular See) Fisiculensis Suppressed". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 10 January 2022. [self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel. "Bishops who are not Ordinaries: Bishop Domingos Torrado, O.E.S.A." GCatholic.org. Retrieved 10 January 2022. [self-published]
