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| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend<br />
| name = Etienne de Brito<br />
| title = Archbishop of Cranganore<br />
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| church = [[Catholic Church]]<br />
| archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cranganore|Archdiocese of Cranganore]]<br />
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| term = 1624–1641<br />
| predecessor = [[Francis Ros]]<br />
| successor = [[Francisco Garcia Mendes]]<br />
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| consecration = 29 September 1624<br />
| consecrated_by = [[Sebastião de São Pedro]]<br />
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| birth_date = 1567<br />
| birth_place = [[Estremoz]], [[Portugal]]<br />
| death_date = 2 December 1641<br />
| death_place = [[Cranganore]], [[India]]<br />
| previous_post = [[Titular Bishop]] of ''[[Latin Bishopric of Salona|Salona]]''<br />
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'''Etienne de Brito, [[Society of Jesus|S.J.]]''' (1567–1641) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as [[Archbishop of Cranganore]] (1624–1641) and [[Titular Bishop]] of ''[[Latin Bishopric of Salona|Salona]]'' (1621–1624).<ref name=HierarchiaIV>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol04eubeuoft|last1=Gauchat|first1=Patritius (Patrice)|title=HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV|pages=302 and 167|date=1935|publisher=Libraria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|isbn=}} ''(in Latin)''</ref><ref name=CathHierEtiBrit>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbritos.html "Archbishop Etienne de Brito, S.J."] ''[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 17, 2017</ref><ref name=CathHierCranganore>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dc518.html "Archdiocese of Cranganore (Angamala)"] ''[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016</ref><ref name=GCathCranganore>[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/cran2.htm "Archdiocese of Cranganor"] ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Etienne de Brito was born in [[Estremoz]], [[Portugal]] in 1567 and professed a priest in the [[Society of Jesus]] in 1603.<ref name=CathHierEtiBrit /><br />
On 11 January 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of [[Pope Paul V]] as [[Titular Bishop]] of ''[[Latin Bishopric of Salona|Salona]]'' and [[Coadjutor]] [[Archbishop of Cranganore]].<ref name=CathHierEtiBrit /><br />
Om 18 February 1624, he succeeded to the bishopric.<ref name=HierarchiaIV /><ref name=CathHierEtiBrit /><br />
On 29 September 1624, he was [[consecrated]] bishop by [[Sebastião de São Pedro]], [[Bishop of Cochin]].<ref name=CathHierEtiBrit /> <br />
He served as Archbishop of Cranganore until his death on 2 December 1641.<ref name=CathHierEtiBrit /><br />
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==External links and additional sources==<br />
*{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Salona (Titular See) |website=[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2s15.html|access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]<br />
*{{cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Titular Episcopal See of Salona (Italy)|website=[[GCatholic.org]]|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1501.htm |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]<br />
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| title = [[Titular Bishop]] of ''[[Latin Bishopric of Salona|Salona]]''<br />
| years = 1621–1624<br />
| before = [[Caesar Fedele]]<br />
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| title = [[Archbishop of Cranganore]]<br />
| years = 1624–1641<br />
| before = [[Francis Ros]]<br />
| after = [[Francisco Garcia Mendes]]}}<br />
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