Domingos Pires Ferreira

Domingos Pires Ferreira (1718 – ) was a Portuguese merchant who lived in Colonial Brazil. He was very rich and influential at his time, and responsible for the instauration of the Pires Ferreira family in Brazil.

Early life Domingos Pires Ferreira was born in 1718 on Bustelo, freguesia of Santa Maria Madalena da Vila da Ponte, comarca of Chaves, province of Trás-os-Montes, Portugal. He was the son of the farmer Domingos Pires Ferreira, nicknamed Penedo, and Domingas Gonçalves Ferreira. and municipal official for Recife in 1771.

Personal life Domingos married Joana Maria de Deus Correia Pinto on 5 February 1748. She was the daughter of the merchant Captain Antonio Correia Pinto and Leandra da Costa Lima.

They had 14 children; Antonio, Leandra, Caetana Maria de Deus, Domingos, Manoel, José, Anna Maria de Deus, João de Deus, Maria do Sacramento, Joaquim, Catharina Rita do Nascimento, Gervásio, Anna and João.

Domingos died in .

Titles Domingos was a member of Venerável Ordem III de São Francisco do Recife, Brother and Judge of the Irmandade do Santíssimo Sacramento de São Frei Pedro Gonçalves and a familiar of the Holy Office.