title: Francisco Xavier da Piedade Rebelo
text: # Francisco Xavier da Piedade Rebelo
  
  Dom Bishop Francisco Xavier da Piedade Rebelo (September 4, 1891 – July 7, 1975) was a prelate of Goan origin, the first Goan to head the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman, as apostolic administrator.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Rebello was born to João Fenelon da Piedade Rebelo and his wife Perciliana Esmeralda da Piedade de Miranda, in Margao, South Goa. He was ordained priest on September 26, 1915, incardinated in the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman.
  
  ## Religious appointments
  
  On November 15, 1963, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Goa, being consecrated on December 21, 1963 by James Robert Knox, apostolic nuncio in India, with the Bishop of Guntur, Ignatius Mummadi and the Bishop of Poona Andrew Alexis D'Souza co-consecrating .
  
  With the withdrawal in 1966 of the Goa and Daman Archbishop Patriarch José Vieira Alvernaz, after the takeover of Goa, Daman and Diu by the Indian Union, he was appointed apostolic administrator sede plena, until 1972, when he retired on grounds of age.
  
  ## Death
  
  He died in Margão, on 7 July 1975.
  
  ## Legacy
  
  A prominent road in Fatorda, Margao, has been named in his honour.
  
  