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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| 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

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| 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

Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Clement VIII

Category:1541 births

Category:1602 deaths

Category:Clergy from Coimbra

Category:Capuchin bishops

Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Luanda

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