D. Fr. Manuel de Santa Inês. Trajetória de um prelado português no Atlântico Sul (1745-1771)

Abstract

Between 1747 and 1771, far from Portugal, where he was born, Bishop Dom Frei Manuel de Santa Inês exercised civil and episcopal power in the two Portuguese domains where he passed through: first in Angola, and then in Bahia, where he acted most of the time as archbishop-elect. By examining the trajectory of this character, this work seeks to investigate the reasons why he was chosen for such important roles in maintaining the power of the Portuguese Crown in its domains, while at the same time trying to understand the role of the Portuguese episcopate in maintaining political power through the social and religious disciplining of the flock under the prelate's care, as well as the subjects of the Portuguese Crown.