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| type = Bishop<br />
| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend<br />
| name = Francisco de Melo<br />
| title = Bishop of Goa<br />
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| church = [[Catholic Church]]<br />
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| diocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman|Diocese of Goa]]<br />
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| term = 1533–1536<br />
| predecessor = None<br />
| successor = [[João de Albuquerque]]<br />
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| death_date = 27 Apr 1536<br />
| death_place = [[Evora]], [[Portugal]] <br />
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'''Francisco de Melo''' (died 1536) was a Roman Catholic prelate who was named as the first [[Bishop of Goa]] (1533–1536).<ref name=HierarchiaIII-Goa>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol03eube#page/204/mode/2up|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi |volume=Vol. III|pages=204|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second|ISBN=}} ''(in Latin)''</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
On 31 Jan 1533, Francisco de Melo was appointed during the papacy of [[Pope Clement VII]] as the first [[Bishop of Goa]].<ref name=HierarchiaIII-Goa /><ref name=CathHierFranMello>{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Bishop Francisco de Mello |website=[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdmellof.html |accessdate=June 16, 2018}}{{Self-published source|date=July 2018}}</ref> He never took possession of the diocese as he died in [[Evora]], [[Portugal]] prior to his departure on 27 Apr 1536.<ref name=HierarchiaIII-Goa /><ref name=CathHierFranMello /><ref>{{cite web| year = 2018| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915032209/http://www.archgoadaman.org/past-bishops|title = Former Bishops and Archbishops| publisher = Archdiocese of Goa and Daman|accessdate = June 16, 2018| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130915032209/http://www.archgoadaman.org/past-bishops| archivedate=October 15, 2013| df = mdy-all}}</ref><br />
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==External links and additional sources==<br />
* {{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Archdiocese of Goa e Damão |website=[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgoae.html |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) [[Wikipedia:Verifiability#Reliable sources|{{sup|{{small|[''self-published'']}}}}]]<br />
* {{cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa and Daman (India)|website=[[GCatholic.org]]|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/goaa0.htm|accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) [[Wikipedia:Verifiability#Reliable sources|{{sup|{{small|[''self-published'']}}}}]]<br />
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