Gaspar de Faria

Gaspar de Faria (Barcelos, c. 1520 — Angra, 19 March 1576), was the 6th Bishop of Angra, governing the Diocese between 1571 and 1576.

Early life Gaspar de Faria was the son of Sebastião de Faria and, his wife, Grácia Machado, a family of Barcelos.

Bishop He was clergy in the habit of Saint Peter, doctored in the sacred canons at the University of Coimbra, presented to bishopric of Angra by the Vicar-General of the Archbishopric of Lisbon. After being confirmed as Bishop of Angra, by papal bull issued by Pope Pius V, on 15 October 1571, he arrived at his post in 1572. Yet, his visit to São Miguel was not all that calm, as he launched an injunction against the nuns at the Convent of Esperança, in Ponta Delgada. This resulted in the nuns sending the Franciscan Brás Camelo, who was able to obtain a determination against the injunction, from the Cardinal-King Henry. The farm, identifiable by an episcopal coat-of-arms, was for a period linked to buried silver and money, which the prelate had hidden away, but was recuperated years later by other property-owners.

Bishop Gaspar de Faria died suddenly in the Sé Cathedral of Angra, and was buried alongside the epistle side of the altar of the Santíssmo Sacramento.