Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa


Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa was a Portuguese prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau from 1976 to 1988.

Life

Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa, a native of the Azores, entered the seminary of Macau in 1938 and was ordained a priest on 6 October 1949. In February 1955, he was appointed rector of this seminary.
On 20 January 1976, Pope Paul VI appointed him bishop of Macau. He was ordained bishop on 25 March 1976. On 6 October 1988, he resigned from this post. He received the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Portuguese Republic in November 1988. After this, he worked in the Diocese while his health allowed him.