Frei Francisco dos Prazares was born as Francisco Jose Pinto de Vasconcelos. He was the son of Francisco Pinto do Vasconcelos and of D Josefa Barbara Leal from Chorao, the Parish of Our Lady of Grasa. He was also the Prior of the Convent of Grasa de Damao from 1788 to 89 and of the convent of Grasa de Goa from 1796 to 98. He worked in the Royal Chapel of St Anthony at Old Goa. He died while he was the Vicar of Calcutta on 21st August 1818.