In October 1568 he was back in Lisbon and in May 1569 he proceeded to Rome to report to Pope Pius V and Francis Borgia. In his final report, Inácio de Azevedo asked for more people to be sent to the missions and Borgia duly gave him broad powers to recruit new elements for the Jesuits in Brazil. Then, after several months of intense preparations that included several meetings with King Sebastian of Portugal, Azevedo and his companions finally left Portugal for Brazil on the merchant vessel "Santiago" on 5 June 1570, while another group of more than 20 companions boarded the military fleet of the newly appointed Governor General of Brazil.