Roman Catholic Diocese of Funchal

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Diocese of Funchal
Province Patriarchate of Lisbon
Bishop António José Cavaco Carrilho
Cathedral Sé do Funchal
Subdivisions — 
Suffragan Bishop(s) None
Parishes 52
Membership —
Website http://www.diocesedofunchal.pt/


The Diocese of Funchal was created originally in January 12 of 1514, through the bula Pro excellenti præeminentia written by Pope Leo X, following the elevation of Funchal from Village to the status of Town, by King Manuel I of Portugal (Real mandate from August 21 of 1508). The new diocese was dependent from the Archidiocese of Lisbon.

Nineteen years later, on January 31 of 1533, it was elevated to the Archiepiscopal rank, becoming during twenty two years, the largest Metropolitan Archdiocese in the world, where it had the suffragan dioceses: Azores, Brazil, Africa and Goa. The first (and only) Archbishop was D. Martinho of Portugal (with the title of "Prime"). On July 3, 1551, a new restructuring of the dioceses of Portugal and it's empire, led to extinction of the Archdiocese of Funchal and it's return to Diocese. In 1570 was made a suffragan of Archdiocese of Lisbon (later Patriarchate), until the present.

Despite that, none of the first three bishops ever went to Madeira; only the fourth, Frei Jorge de Lemos, went to take personally the Cathedra of bishop.

Until the 20th Century, the bishops of Funchal used the title of Bishops of Madeira, of Porto Santo, of Desertas and of Arguim.

At March 8 of 2007, Pope Benedict XVI appointed as Bishop of Funchal D. António José Cavaco Carrilho, until then Auxiliary Bishop of Porto.

Contents

[edit] List of Bishops of Funchal

[edit] Bispos do Funchal

1. D. Diogo Pinheiro (1514-1526)

[edit] Archbishop of Funchal

2. D. Martinho de Portugal (1533-1547)

[edit] Bishops of Funchal

3. D. Frei Gaspar (I) do Casal (1551-1556)
4. D. Frei Jorge de Lemos (1556-1569)
5. D. Frei de Távora (1569-1573)
6. D. Jerónimo (I) Barreto (1573-1585)
7. D. Luís (I) de Figueiredo e Lemos (1585-1608)
8. D. Frei Lourenço de Távora (1610-1617)
9. D. Jerónimo (II) Fernando (1619-1650)
10. D. Frei Gabriel de Almeida (1670-1674)
11. D. Frei António (I) Teles da Silva (1674-1682)
12. D. Estêvão Brioso de Figueiredo (1683-1689)
13. D. Frei José (I) de Santa Maria (1690-1696)
14. D. José (I) de Sousa Castelo Branco (1698-1725)
15. D. Frei Manuel (I) Coutinho (1725-1741)
16. D. Frei João (I) do Nascimento (1741-1753)
17. D. Gaspar (II) Afonso da Costa Brandão (1756-1784)
18. D. José (III) da Costa Torres (1784-1796)
19. D. Luís (II) Rodrigues Vilares (1796-1811)
20. D. João (II) Joaquim Bernardino de Brito (1817-1819)
21. D. Francisco (I) José Rodrigues de Andrade (1821-1838)
22. D. José (IV) Xavier de Cerveira e Sousa (1844-1849)
23. D. Manuel (II) Martins Manso (1849-1858)
24. D. Patrício Xavier de Moura (1859-1872)
25. D. Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos (1872-1874)
26. D. Manuel (III) Agostinho Barreto (1876-1911)
27. D. António (II) Manuel Pereira Ribeiro (1914-1957)
28. D. Frei David de Sousa, O.F.M. (1957-1965)
29. D. João (III) António da Silva Saraiva (1965-1972)
30. D. Francisco (II) Antunes Santana (1974-1982)
31. D. Teodoro de Faria (1982-2007)
32. D.António José Cavaco Carrilho (2007 - present)

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