João da Rocha
| Most Reverend João da Rocha S.J. | |
|---|---|
| Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| In office | 6 March 1623 – 20 July 1639 |
| Predecessor | Andrés de Oviedo |
| Successor | Meletius Smotrytsky |
| Other post | Coadjutor Patriarch of Ethiopia (1623-1639) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1603 |
| Consecration | 1625 by Sebastião de São Pedro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1587 Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal |
| Died | 20 July 1639 (aged 51–52) Goa, State of India, Portuguese Empire |
João da Rocha, S.J. (1587–1639) was a Roman Catholic prelate who was named as Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia (1623–1639).[1]
Biography
João da Rocha was born in Lisbon in 1587 and ordained a priest in 1603 in the Society of Jesus.[2] On 6 Mar 1623, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia and Coadjutor Patriarch of Ethiopia.[1][2] In 1625, he was consecrated bishop by Sebastião de São Pedro, Archbishop of Goa.[2] He never succeeded as Patriarch of Ethiopia and died as Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia on 20 Jul 1639 in Goa.[1][2]
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Francisco Garcia Mendes, Titular Bishop of Ascalon and Coadjutor Archbishop of Cranganore (1637).[2]
External links and additional sources
- Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Goa e Damão". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 16 June 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa and Daman (India)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 16 June 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
References
- Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Back to citation occurrence 1.2 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 202. (in Latin)
- Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 Back to citation occurrence 2.2 Back to citation occurrence 2.3 Back to citation occurrence 2.4 Cheney, David M. "Archbishop João da Rocha, S.J. †". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 7 January 2022. [self-published]