Francisco de Soveral

Francisco de Soveral (c. 1565 in Sernancelhe, Portugal – 5 January 1642 in Angola) was a Portuguese prelate.

Biography Father Francisco de Soveral was the son of Pedro de Soveral and Maria de Almeida, he was the brother of D. Roque de Soveral.

He visited the Santa Cruz de Coimbra Monastery and was the Canon of the Order of St. Augustine in 1588, he attended at the University of Coimbra in 1595, where he became known as D. Francisco de Soveral, father of Santa Cruz, doctorate in theology at the Faculty of Theology at the same university. On 10 June 1619, he was deputy of the Table of the Holy Office and so on.

On 5 October 1623, he was the 9th Bishop of São Tomè on 5 October 1623 and was the 5th Bishop of Angola and Congo from 8 February 1627 to 1642.

He died on 5 January 1642 and was buried at Our Lady of Victory Church, Massangano and was transferred to Luanda Cathedral.