João Parvi

Parvi was born in the Diocese of Bayonne in Aquitaine in the southwest of France under the name Jean Petit, he became a naturalized Portuguese citizen under John III of Portugal.

As contemporary of Martin of Portugal who had been sent to the Papal States in Rome for the creation of Dioceses of Anga, Cape Verde, São Tomė and Goa, in which he had influence in its school.

In September, he made a will, he left his heir to his nephew Reginaldo Parvi, on that document, he was going to the island of Santiago in Cape Verde, probably at the end of 1545, where he became the first bishop resident.

A sepulcher was put at the Nossa Senhora do Rosário (Our Lady of Rosary) church in Ribeira Grande[1] He was succeeded by bishop Francisco da Cruz.

[3] About a 120 years later, Manuel Severim da Faria commented an apologetic latter that D. Joāo Parvi was a sacrifice to church service.