António Sebastião Valente
Portuguese archbishop and theologian
About António Sebastião Valente
Lived 1846 – 1908 (aged 62). António Sebastião Valente was a theologian, catholic priest, catholic deacon and catholic bishop.
Dom Sebastião António Valente (20 January 1846 - 25 January 1908) was a Catholic archbishop and Portuguese colonial administrator, the first Patriarch of the East Indies.
Biography Born in El Puerto de Santa María, province of Cadiz (Spain), he was the son of Maria João Valente and Bridget Medeiros, a native of Mértola, Portugal. He attended primary school in Beja, graduated in Coimbra and taught in the Seminaries of Viseu and Santarém. He was ordained a deacon on 23 September 1871, and on 25 May 1872 ordained a priest. "In recent times one provincial council was held (1894) by Dom Antonio S. Valente, in which seventy-nine decrees were framed."
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Portuguese archbishop and theologian (1846–1908)
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António Sebastião Valente was born on 20 January 1846 in El Puerto de Santa María.
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António Sebastião Valente died on 26 January 1908 in Goa Velha.
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António Sebastião Valente was a theologian, catholic priest, catholic deacon and catholic bishop.
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António Sebastião Valente's recorded nationality: Kingdom of Portugal.
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