Diocese of Leiria-Fátima

DIOCESE OF LEIRIA-FÁTIMA (Dioecesis Leiriensis-Fatimensis)

Country : Portugal
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1545 as Diocese of Leiria
Abolished 1881
Re-established 1918
Renamed 1984 as Diocese of Leiria-Fátima

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Arms of Bishops

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  Brás de Barros (1545–1556)

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  Sancho de Noronha (1556)

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  Gaspar do Casal (1557–1579)

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  António I. Pinheiro (1579–1582)

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  Pedro I. de Castilho (1583–1604)

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  Martim Afonso Mexia (1604–1615)

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  Rui Pires da Veiga (1615)

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  António II. de Santa Maria (1616–1623)

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  Francisco de Menezes (1625–1627)

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  Dinis de Melo e Castro (1627–1636)

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  Pedro II. Barbosa de Eça (1636–1640)

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  Diogo de Sousa (1640)

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  Jerónimo de Mascarenhas (1648)

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  Pedro III. Vieira da Silva (1670–1676)

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  Domingos de Gusmão (1677–1678)

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  José I. de Lencastre (1681–1694)

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  Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha (1694–1746)

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  João I. de Nossa Senhora da Porta (1746–1760)

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  Miguel de Bulhões e Souza (1761–1779)

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  António III. Bonifácio Coelho (1779)

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  Lourenço de Alencastre (1780–1790)

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  Manuel I. de Aguiar (1790–1815)

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  João II. Inácio da Fonsca Melo (1818–1834)

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  Guilherme Henriques de Carvalho (1843–1845)

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  Manuel II. José da Costa (1846–1851)

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  Joaquim Pereira Ferraz (1852–1873)

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  José II. Alves Correia da Silva (1920–1957)

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  João Pereira Venâncio (1958–1972)

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  Alberto Cosme do Amaral (1972–1993)

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  Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva (1993–2006)

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  António Augusto dos Santos Marto (2006-present)

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