Talk:Melchior Carneiro

Dubious facts
The article is based on the entry in Catholic Encyclopedia, but the facts does not seem right. Carneiro Leitão was never appointed first bishop of Japan and China in 1567 simply because only on "In 1576, Macau was established as an episcopal see" (that statement was taken for History of Macau, the full date is January 23rd 1576). It is true that after the papal decree Carneiro Leitão served as a practical Bishop until the real first bishop, Leonardo de Sá, arrived in Macau on 1581 (notice Sá not Saa, 1581 not 1569 as the article specify), so he did not "seems to have renounced soon after", he just handed the job to the real bishop. Please use translate to read the Portuguese article.Avihu (talk) 19:34, 30 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Made requested corrections. – Maliepa (talk) 04:22, 29 March 2012 (UTC)