Manuel Vieira de Matos

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Manuel Vieira de Matos (* 22 March 1861 in Poiares (Peso da Régua), Peso da Régua, Portugal; † 28 September 1932, in Braga, Portugal) was Bishop of Guarda, Archbishop of Braga, and the founder of the Corpo Nacional de Escutas - Escutismo Católico Português.

On 1 April 1903 he became the Bishop of Guarda, and on 1 October 1914 he became Archbishop of Braga.

In Braga in 1923, Manuel Vieira de Matos and Dr. Avelino Gonçalves founded the largest Scouting organization in Portugal, the Corpo Nacional de Escutas - Escutismo Católico Português (CNE). In 1929 the organization was accepted as member by the World Scout Bureau.

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• Archbishop Manuel Vieira de Matos Catholic-Hierarchy;
• Metropolitan Archdiocese of Braga Giga-Catholic Information;

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This article is based in part on material from the Portuguese Wikipedia.

Preceded by Tomás Gomes de Almeida

Bishop of Guarda 1903–1914

Succeeded by José Alves Mattoso

Preceded by Manuel Baptista da Costa

Archbishop of Braga 1914–1932

Succeeded by António Bento Martins Júnior