He was clergy in the habit of Saint Peter, doctored in the sacred canons at the University of Coimbra, presented to bishopric of Angra by the Vicar-General of the Archbishopric of Lisbon.

[3] There is also notice that he celebrated mass in the parochial Church of Vila Nova (in Praia da Vitória) on the day of Pentecosts, signalling that the settlement of Ramo Grande was already, by the 16th century, the center of the Cult of the Holy Spirit on the island of Terceira.

[1] He later obtained a regal writ from King John III, dated 4 September 1572, so that local clergy could be paid 2:1 in wheat and monies, while on the remaining islands the payment was evenly divided.

[1] For many years Bishop Faria lived along the margins of the Ribeira dos Moinhos in the northern parish of Agualva, municipality of Praia da Vitória, in a small farm with orchards, noting that the air and waters of the area were fresh and of the highest quality.

[4] Bishop Gaspar de Faria died suddenly in the Sé Cathedral of Angra, and was buried alongside the epistle side of the altar of the Santíssmo Sacramento.