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| type        = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend
| name        = Vicente do Espirito Santo
| title       = Prelate of Goiás
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| church      = [[Catholic Church]]
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| diocese     = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Goiás|Territorial Prelature of Goiás]]
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| term        = 1782–1788
| predecessor = None
| successor   = [[José Nicolau de Azevedo Coutinho Gentil ]]
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| ordination     = 29 Sep 1754
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| consecration   = 30 Nov 1779
| consecrated_by = [[Antonio Bonifacio Coelho]]
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| birth_date    = 15 Oct 1730
| birth_place   = [[Belém (Lisbon)|Belém]], [[Portugal]]
| death_date    = 29 Nov 1788 (age 58)
| death_place   = [[Goiás]], [[Brazil]]
| previous_post = [[Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe]] (1778–1782)
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'''Vicente do Espirito Santo, [[O.A.D.]]''' (1730–1788) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first [[Bishop of Goiás|Prelate of Goiás]] (1782–1788) and [[Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe]] (1778–1782).<ref name=HierarchiaVI>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol06eubeuoft|last1=Ritzler|first1=Remigius|last2=Sefrin|first2=Pirminus|title=HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol VI|pages=405 and 455|date=1958|publisher=Messagero di S. Antonio|location=Patavii|ISBN=}} ''(in Latin)''</ref><ref name=CathHierVicEspSan>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/besps.html "Bishop Vicente do Espirito Santo, O.A.D."] ''[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 3, 2017</ref><ref name=CathHierSãoTomé>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dstep.html "Diocese of São Tomé e Príncipe"] ''[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 3, 2017</ref><ref name=GCathSãoTomé>[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/ztom0.htm "Diocese of São Tomé and Príncipe"] ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved August 25, 2016</ref><ref name=CathHierGoiás>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgois.html "Diocese of Goiás"] ''[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 3, 2017</ref><ref name=GCathGoiás>[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/goia1.htm "Diocese of Goiás"] ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved August 25, 2016</ref>
==Biography==
Vicente do Espirito Santo was born in [[Belém (Lisbon)|Belém]], [[Portugal]] on 15 Oct 1730 and ordained a deacon in the [[Order of Discalced Augustinians]] on 22 Sep 1754 and ordained a priest on 29 Sep 1754.<ref name=CathHierVicEspSan />
On 30 Dec 1778, he was selected as [[Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe]] and confirmed by [[Pope Pius VI]] on 1 Mar 1779.<ref name=HierarchiaVI /><ref name=CathHierVicEspSan />
On 30 Nov 1779, he was [[consecrated]] bishop by [[Antonio Bonifacio Coelho]], [[Titular Archbishop]] of ''Lacedaemonia'', with [[Francisco de São Simão]], [[Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde]], and [[Domingos da Encarnação Pontével]], [[Bishop of Mariana]], serving as [[co-consecrators]].<ref name=CathHierVicEspSan />
On 25 Nov 1782, he resigned as Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe and shortly after was appointed by Pope Pius VI as the first [[Bishop of Goiás|Prelate of Goiás]] on 17 Dec 1782.<ref name=HierarchiaVI /><ref name=CathHierVicEspSan />
He served as Prelate of Goiás until his death on 29 Nov 1788.<ref name=CathHierVicEspSan />
==Episcopal succession==
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! style="background:#F5DEB3"|  <small>Episcopal succession of Vicente do Espirito Santo</small>
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While bishop, he was the [[principal co-consecrator]] of:<ref name=CathHierVicEspSan />
*[[José do Menino Jesus]] (Deus), [[Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão]] (1780);
*[[José da Avé-Maria Leite da Costa e Silva]], [[Bishop of Angra]] (1783);
*[[Alexandre da Sagrada Familia Ferreira da Silva]], [[Bishop of Malacca]] (1783); and
*[[Vicente Ferreira da Rocha]], [[Bishop of Castelo Branco]] (1783).
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== References ==
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| title  = [[Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe]]
| years  = 1778–1782
| before = [[Antonio Nogueira (bishop)]]
| after  = [[Domingo do Rosario]]}}
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| title  = [[Bishop of Goiás|Prelate of Goiás]]
| years  = 1782–1788
| before = None
| after  = [[José Nicolau de Azevedo Coutinho Gentil]]}}
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[[Category:Discalced Augustinian bishops]]
[[Category:18th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil]]
[[Category:Portuguese Roman Catholic bishops in South America]]
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[[Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Goiás]]
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