Miguel Rangel
{{Short description|Historical Roman Catholic prelate}}
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| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend
| name = Miguel Rangel
| title = Bishop of Angola e Congo
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| church = Catholic Church
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| diocese = Diocese of Angola e Congo
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| term = 1596–1602
| predecessor = None
| successor = Antonio de Santo Estevão
| ordination = 1581
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| consecration = 1596
| consecrated_by = Fabio Blondus de Montealto
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| birth_date = 1541
| birth_place = Coimbra, Portugal
| death_date = 16 August 1602
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Miguel Rangel, OFMCap (1541 – 16 August 1602) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Angola e Congo (1596–1602).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol04eubeuoft|last1=Gauchat|first1=Patritius (Patrice)|title=HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV|pages=159|date=1935|publisher=Libraria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|ISBN=}} (in Latin)[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/brange.html "Bishop Miguel Rangel, OFMCap"] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dlund.html "Archdiocese of Luanda"] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
Biography
Miguel Rangel was born in Coimbra, Portugal and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin in 1581.
On 20 May 1596, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Angola e Congo.
In 1596, he was consecrated bishop by Fabio Blondus de Montealto, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem.
He served as Bishop of Angola e Congo until his death on 16 August 1602.
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| years = 1596–1602
| before = None
| after = Antonio de Santo Estevão}}
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Category:16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Africa
Category:17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Africa
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Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Luanda
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