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Most Reverend
João da Rocha
Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia
ChurchCatholic Church
In office1623–1639
PredecessorAndrés de Oviedo
SuccessorManuel Teles de Brito
Orders
Ordination1603
Consecration1625
by Sebastião de São Pedro
Personal details
Born1587
Lisbon
Died20 Jul 1639
Goa

João da Rocha, S.J. (1587–1639) was a Roman Catholic prelate who was named as Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia (1623–1639).

Biography

João da Rocha was born in Lisbon in 1587 and ordained a priest in 1603 in the Society of Jesus. 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. In 1625, he was consecrated bishop by Sebastião de São Pedro, Archbishop of Goa. He never succeeded as Patriarch of Ethiopia and died as Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia on 20 Jul 1639 in Goa.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Francisco Garcia Mendes, Titular Bishop of Ascalon and Coadjutor Archbishop of Cranganore (1637).

References

  1. ^ Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 202. (in Latin)
  2. ^ Cheney, David M. "Archbishop João da Rocha, S.J. †". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 7 January 2022.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded byAndrés de Oviedo Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia
1623–1639 		Succeeded byMeletiy Smotrytskyi
Preceded bySebastião de São Pedro Administrator of Goa
1630–1631 		Succeeded byManuel Teles de Brito
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