Diocese of Portalegre-Castelo Branco

DIOCESE OF PORTALEGRE-CASTELO BRANCO (Dioecesis Portalegrensis-Castri Albi)

Country : Portugal
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1550 as Diocese of Portalegre
Additions 1881 Diocese of Castelo Branco, Diocese of Elvas
Renamed 1956 to Diocese of Portalegre-Castelo Branco

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Arms of Bishops

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  Julião de Alva (1549–1560)

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  André de Noronha (1560–1581)

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  Amador Arrais (1581–1596)

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  Diogo Correia (1598–1614)

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  Rodrigo da Cunha (1615–1618)

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  Lopo de Sequeira Pereira (1619–1632)

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  Joanne Mendes de Távora (1632–1638)

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  Richard Russell (1671–1685)

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  João de Mascarenhas (1686–1692)

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  António de Saldanha (1693–1706)

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  Domingos Barata (1707–1709)

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  Álvaro Pires de Castro Noronha (1711–1737)

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  Manuel Lopes Simões (1742–1748)

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  João de Azevedo (1748–1765)

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  Jerónimo Rogado de Carvalhal e Silva (1766–1772)

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  Pedro de Melo e Brito da Silveira e Alvim (1772–1777)

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  Manuel Tavares Coutinho e Silva (1778–1798)

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  José Valério da Cruz (1798–1826)

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  José Francisco da Soledade Bravo (1831–1833)

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  José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Martens (1883–1884)

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  Manuel Bernardo de Sousa Ennes (1885–1887)

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  Gaudêncio José Pereira (1888–1908)

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  António Moutinho (1909–1915)

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  Manuel Mendes da Conceição Santos (1915–1920)

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  Domingos Maria Frutuoso OP (1920–1949)

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  António Ferreira Gomes (1949–1952)

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  Agostinho Joaquim Lopes de Moura (1952–1978)

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  Augusto César Alves Ferreira da Silva (1978–2004)

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  José Francisco Sanches Alves (2004–2008)

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  Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias (2008-present)

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