João de Casal

Roman Catholic prelate

Most Reverend João de Casal
Bishop of Macau
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Macau
In office	1690–1735
Predecessor	João Pinto da Piedade
Successor	Eugénio Trigueiros
Orders
Consecration	25 Jul 1690 by Veríssimo de Lencastre
Personal details
Born	1641 Castelo de Vide, Alentejo, Portugal
Died	20 Sep 1735 (age 94)

João de Casal, O.S.A. (Latin: Joannes do Casal) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Macau (1690–1735).^[1]

Biography

João de Casal was born in Castelo de Vide,^[2] province of Alentejo, Portugal in 1641.^[3] He was ordained in the Order of Saint Augustine.^[3] On 10 Apr 1690, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VIII as Bishop of Macau.^[1]^[3] On 25 Jul 1690, he was consecrated bishop by Veríssimo de Lencastre, Archbishop Emeritus of Braga with Agostinho da Anunciação, Archbishop of Goa, and José Saldanha, Bishop of Funchal, serving as co-consecrators.^[1]^[3] He took possession of the diocese on 20 June 1692.^[2] He died on 20 Sep 1735.^[3]

Episcopal succession

Episcopal succession of João de Casal

While bishop, he served as the principal consecrator of:^[3]

Alessandro Ciceri, Bishop of Nanking (1696);
Emmanuel a Santo Antonio, Bishop of Malacca (1705);
Sebastián Foronda, Titular Bishop of Calydon (1723); and
Eugénio Trigueiros, Titular Bishop of Verinopolis (1727).

He also served as the principal co-consecrator of:^[3]

St. Pedro Sanz y Jordá, Titular Bishop of Mauricastro (1730).

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 251. (in Latin)
^ ^a ^b Fernandes, Abriel (1886). Macau e sua diocese: Bispos e governadores do Bispado Macau (in Portuguese). p. 8.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Cheney, David M. "Bishop Bishop João de Casal, O.S.A. †". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved October 22, 2022. ^{[self-published]}

External links

Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Macau". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Macau 澳門". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. ^{[self-published]}