José da Avé-Maria Leite da Costa e Silva

José da Avé-Maria Leite da Costa e Silva
D. Friar José da Avé-Maria Leite da Costa e Silva, a portrait at the Museu of Angra do Heroísmo
3rd Captain-General of the Azores (Interim)
In office
1793–1799
Preceded byDinis Gregório de Melo Castro e Mendonça
Succeeded byMateus Borges da Costa (Caretaker)
ConstituencyAzores
Personal details
Born(1727-02-10)10 February 1727
Died30 October 1799(1799-10-30) (aged 72)
CitizenshipKingdom of Portugal
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D. Friar

José da Avé-Maria Leite da Costa e Silva
Bishop of Angra
ChurchSé Cathedral of Angra
ProvinceSão João Evangalista
DioceseAngra
Appointed26 December 1782
In office24 February 1783
PredecessorJoão Marcelino dos Santos Homem Aparício
SuccessorJosé Pegado de Azevedo
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José da Avé-Maria Leite da Costa e Silva (10 February 1727, Santo Antão — 30 October 1799, Angra) was the 23rd Bishop of the Diocese of Angra, governing from 1783 to 1799. He was also, between 1793 and 1799, president of the interim government of the Captaincy-General of the Azores, owing to a lack of nominated titleholders.