Dr. Francisco Fulgêncio Andrade - Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal
N 32° 38.883 W 016° 54.479
28S E 321045 N 3613878
Bronze bust of Dr. Francisco Fulgêncio Andrade on the south side of the cathedral in the Rua da Sé.
Waymark Code: WMV1XR
Location: Arquipélago da Madeira, Portugal
Date Posted: 02/10/2017
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The bronze bust of teacher, writer and journalist Dr. Francisco Fulgêncio Andrade is located on the south side of the cathedral in the Rua da Sé.
The bust was created by the sculptors Soares Branco and José Simão Castelo Branco in 1998.
Francisco Fulgêncio de Andrade (Água de Pena, Madeira; 20 February 1889 – Funchal, Madeira; 27 July 1970) - canon, teacher, journalist and commentator; he originally studied at the diocese seminary in Funchal, before attending the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, studying philosophy and theology (1914), before being ordained presbyter on 19 December 1914.[5] He returned to Funchal in 1916, where he taught theology at the seminary in Funchal from 1917, later becoming parish priest in Faial (1922) and São Jorge (1923), before returning to Funchal to continue his teaching career in the humanities and theology (a role he would occupy until the end of his life).[5] In 1928 he was nominated to the college of bishops in Funchal, while canon at the Sé Cathedral, exercising roles in the Acção Católica, membership in the Brotherhood of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia (Portuguese: Irmandade da Santa Casa da Misericórdia), as religious assistant to the older Asilo dos Velhinhos (English: Seniors Asylum) in Santa Clara, with weekly sermons throughout the churches/chapels of Funchal and participation in many cultural and religious movements within the Diocese.[5] He was a journalist, for many years, writing for the Jornal da Madeira (chronicles and editorials), and became a religious commentator on Funchal Radio, with his own program on Sundays, entitled Cinco minutos de espiritualidade (English: Five Minutes of Spirituality).
(Source: Wikipedia)
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