Roman Martyrology
Diocese of
Portalegre–Castelo Branco
Continent: West Europe
Type: Diocese
Area: 9,147 km²
Population: 197,799 Catholics (94.6% of 209,039 total) (2018)
Statistics: 161 parishes, 423 missions, 68 priests (56 diocesan, 12 religious), 13 deacons, 82 lay religious (12 brothers, 70 sisters), 3 seminarians (2018)
Ecclesiastical Province: Lisboa
Neighbouring Dioceses: Santarém (←), Coimbra (↖), Guarda (↑), Coria–Cáceres (↗), Mérida–Badajoz (↘), Évora (↓)
Depends on: Congregation for Bishops
Patron Saint: Santo António de Lisboa (June 13)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 6
Liturgical Calendar 📅
1549.08.21: Established as Diocese of Portalegre (Português) / Portalegren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Guarda)
1881.09.30: Gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Castelo Branco and Diocese of Elvas
1956.07.18: Renamed as Diocese of Portalegre–Castelo Branco (Português) / Portalegren(sis)–Castri Albi (Latin)
Special Churches
Cathedral: Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Assunção, Portalgre, Portalegre
Co-Cathedral: Sé Concatedral de São Miguel Arcanjo, Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco
Former Cathedral (now secular): Catedral de Santa Maria da Egitânia, Idanha-a-Velha, Castelo Branco
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy
All Churches (191)
Santarém (←), Coimbra (↖), Guarda (↑), Coria–Cáceres (↗), Mérida–Badajoz (↘), Évora (↓)
Present Prelates
Bishop (2008.09.08 – ...): Bishop Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias (73)
Ordinaries
Bishops of Portalegre–Castelo Branco (Roman Rite)
Bishop Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias (73)
(2008.09.08 – ...)
Bishop of Portalegre–Castelo Branco (Portugal)
Illum oportet crescere
Born: 1948.12.15 (Longos Vales, Monção, Portugal)
Ordained Priest: 1974.06.13
Consecrated Bishop: 2001.01.21
Titular Bishop of Tamata (2000.11.10 – 2008.09.08)
Auxiliary Bishop of Braga (Portugal) (2000.11.10 – 2008.09.08)
Bishop of Portalegre–Castelo Branco (Portugal) (2008.09.08 – ...)
Bishop José Francisco Sanches Alves (80) (later Archbishop)
(2004.04.22 – 2008.01.08)
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Évora (Portugal)
Unxit me et misit me
Born: 1941.04.20 (Lageosa da Raia, Portugal)
Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana (1998.03.07 – 2004.04.22)
Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal) (1998.03.07 – 2004.04.22)
Bishop of Portalegre–Castelo Branco (Portugal) (2004.04.22 – 2008.01.08)
Metropolitan Archbishop of Évora (Portugal) (2008.01.08 – 2018.06.26)
Bishop Augusto César Alves Ferreira da Silva, C.M. (89)
Bishop emeritus of Portalegre–Castelo Branco (Portugal)
Born: 1932.03.15 (Fervença-Celorico de Basto, Portugal)
Bishop of Tete (Mozambique) (1972.02.19 – 1976.05.31)
Bishop Agostinho Joaquim Lopes de Moura, C.S.Sp.
Born: 1911.01.16 (Portugal)
Died: 1989.11.29 († 78)
Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal) (1952.12.27 – 1956.07.18)
Bishops of Portalegre (Roman Rite)
(see above)
Bishop António Ferreira Gomes
In lumine tuo videmus lumen
Titular Bishop of Rhandus (1948.01.15 – 1949.07.06)
Coadjutor Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal) (1948.01.15 – 1949.07.06)
Bishop of Porto (Portugal) (1952.07.13 – 1982.05.02)
Bishop Manuel Domingos Maria Frutuoso, O.P.
Bishop Emanuele Mendes da Conceição Santos (later Archbishop)
Coadjutor Archbishop of Évora (Portugal) (1920.06.04 – 1920.07.24)
Bishop António Moutinho
Titular Bishop of Argos (1901.08.18 – 1904.11.14)
Bishop-Prelate of Mozambique (Mozambique) (1901.08.18 – 1904.11.14)
Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) (1904.11.14 – 1909.03.04)
Archbishop Gaudêncio José Pereira
Born: 1830.10.06
Titular Archbishop of Mytilene (1887.03.14 – 1888.06.01)
Archbishop-Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal) (1888.06.01 – 1906.11.02)
Bishop Manuel Bernardo de Sousa Enes (蘇)
Born: 1814.11.05 (Vila do Topo, Portugal)
Died: 1887.09.08 (Portalegre, Portugal † 72)
Bishop of Macau 澳門 (Macau) (1874.06.15 – 1883.08.09)
Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal) (1883.08.09 – 1885.07.30)
Bishop José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Martens
Cardinal Guilherme Henriques de Carvalho
(Apostolic Administrator 1846 – 1857.11.15)
Bishop José Francisco da Soledade Bravo
Born: 1777 (Portugal)
Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal) ([1831.09.29] 1832.02.24 – 1833.11.10)
Bishop José Valério da Cruz
Bishop Manuel Tavares Coutinho e Silva
Bishop Pedro de Meio e Brito da Silveira Alvim
Born: (Portugal)
Died: 1777.11.22
Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal) ([1772.11] 1773.07.10 – 1777.11.22)
Bishop Jerónimo Rogado de Carvalhal e Silva
(1770.08.04 – 1773)
Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal) ([1766.01.22] 1770.08.04 – 1773)
Bishop of Guarda (Portugal) (1773 – 1797.02.19)
Bishop João de Azevedo
(1748 – 1765.11.11)
Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal) (1748 – 1765.11.11)
Bishop Manuel Lopes Simões
Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal) (1741 – 1748)
Bishop Álvaro Pires de Castro Noronha
Bishop Domingos Barata
Titular Bishop of Missene (1700.05.10 – 1707.08.01)
Auxiliary Bishop of Évora (Portugal) (1700.05.10 – 1707.08.01)
Bishop António de Saldanha
Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal) ([1692] 1693.08.24 – 1705)
Bishop João de Mascarenhas
Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal) (1686.04.01 – 1691)
Bishop Ricardo Russell
Born: 1630 (England)
Bishop of Viseu (Portugal) (1685.09.10 – 1693.11.15)
Bishop João Mendes de Távora
Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal) (1638.03.22 – 1646.07.01)
Bishop Lopo de Sequeira Pereira
Bishop Rodrigo da Cunha (later Archbishop)
Born: 1577.09 (Portugal)
Bishop of Porto (Portugal) (1618 – 1627.01.27)
Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal) (1627.01.27 – 1635.12.03)
Metropolitan Archbishop of Lisboa (Portugal) (1635.12.03 – 1643.01.03)
Bishop Diego Corrêa de Souza
Bishop of Ceuta y Tánger (Spain) (1585.07.15 – 1598.02.16)
Bishop Diogo Correia
Bishop Amator Arais de Mendoza, O. Carm.
Titular Bishop of Tripolis (1568.07.23 – 1581.10.30)
Bishop Andrés de Noronha
Bishop of Plasencia (Spain) (1581.09.11 – 1586.08.03)
Bishop Julião de Alva
Born: 1500 (Spain)
Died: 1570 († 70)
Bishop of Miranda (Portugal) (1560.04.05 – 1564)
Former Prelates
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop António Ferreira Gomes (1948.01.15 – 1949.07.06)