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Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Latin Patriarch of Ethiopia, arrives at Beilul from Goa.
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Portuguese Jesuit theologian; Patriarch of Ethiopia from 1622 to 1634
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Head of the Catholic Church from 1621 to 1623
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Catholic jurisdiction in Ethiopia (1555-1663)
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State in Western India
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