After seven years, in 1567, he renounced the position, and retired to the Franciscan convent, a few miles from Goa.
José António Ismael Gracias[1] points to several names of archbishops who marked the history of the printing press, including Gaspar de Leão Pereira, who is cited by the author as the "male doctor and virtuoso, presiding over the destinies of the archdiocese, also chaired the movement of these presses."
However, this same author notes the existence of prior censorship of books that were printed: "We have seen that most of the books that we have made mention, were printed prior to censorship and licenses, including those of Archbishop Gaspar!
... What do these criticisms show up and licenses for books written by people of recognized letters and piety?
He was also founder of the St. Paul's College in Goa, where printers were free and uncensored, in order to follow the intellectual movement.