The Metropolitan Patriarchate of Lisbon is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or patriarchal archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.
The Archdiocese of Braga is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Portugal. It is known for its use of the Rite of Braga, a use of the liturgy distinct from the Roman Rite and other Latin liturgical rites.
The Diocese of Coimbra is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Coimbra, Portugal. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Braga.
António Mendes Belo was a Portuguese prelate of the Catholic Church, who served as Patriarch of Lisbon from 1907 until his death. He was made a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in 1911, though his elevation to that rank was not announced until 1914. He was Auxiliary Bishop of Lisbon from 1884 to 1888 and Archbishop of Faro from 1888 to 1906.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Funchal is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or patriarchal archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Portugal. It was originally created on 12 June 1514 by the papal bull Pro excellenti præeminentia from Pope Leo X, following the elevation of Funchal from a village to the status of city, by King Manuel I of Portugal. The diocese was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lisbon.
José Sebastião de Almeida Neto was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church and Patriarch of Lisbon.
DomInácio do Nascimento de Morais Cardoso was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was Patriarch of Lisbon.
Albino Mamede Cleto was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbra, Portugal, therefore becoming ex officio 29th Count of Arganil. Ordained in 1959, Mamede Cleto was named bishop in 1982 and retired in 2011.
The Portuguese Episcopal Conference, founded in September 1, 2000, is the grouping of the bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Portugal and is organised under the terms of Canon 447 of the Code of Canon Law promulgated on 25 January 1983. The Portuguese Episcopal Conference groups together all the dioceses based in territory under Portuguese sovereignty, and its civil legal status in the Portuguese legal system is recognized by article 8 of the 2004 Concordat.
The Patriarch of Lisbon, also called the Cardinal-Patriarch of Lisbon once he has been made cardinal, is the ordinary bishop of the Archdiocese of Lisbon. He is one of the few patriarchs in the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, along with the Patriarchs of Venice, the East Indies, and Jerusalem.
Luís de Sousa was Archbishop of Lisbon. He was a major figure of the second half of the seventeenth century, serving as Royal Chaplain and Councillor of State of Portugal, later being created a Cardinal by Pope Innocent XII in 1697.
João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa was a Portuguese bishop. He was Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde and archbishop of Goa and Braga.
Tomás de Almeida was the first Patriarch of Lisbon, formerly Bishop of Lamego and later of Porto. Pope Clement XII elevated him to the cardinalate on 20 December 1737.
D. José Manuel da Câmara de Atalaia, was the second Patriarch of Lisbon, with the name of D. José I. Benedict XIV made him a cardinal on 10 April 1747.
D. John Manuel of Athanagilds, 9th Count of Arganil was a Portuguese prelate, Archbishop of Lisbon and Viceroy of Portugal.
Frei Francisco de São Luís, O.S.B., religious name of Francisco Manuel Justiniano Saraiva and today more commonly known as Cardinal Saraiva, was a Portuguese Cardinal of the Catholic Church, who was the eighth Patriarch of Lisbon from 1840 to 1845.
Goldrofe of Arganil was a Portuguese Augustinian prior in what is today central Portugal. He is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church as well as by some in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz, SJ, more commonly known as Father Cruz was a Portuguese Catholic priest. Revered in Portugal for his apostolic fervor and charity, he visited prisons and hospitals in every city, gave alms to the poor and ministered spiritually to all, achieving a great reputation for sanctity. Some called him "Blessed Father Cruz" and "Apostle of Charity" still in his lifetime.
The Pantheon of the Patriarchs of Lisbon, also known simply as the Pantheon of the Patriarchs, is the final resting place of the majority of the Cardinal-Patriarchs of Lisbon. It is located in the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora in the Alfama district of Lisbon, Portugal. The room is a simple chapel, mostly unadorned save for a stone altar. Even though it was planned since the 19th century, it was only built in the 1950s, and it is mostly unadorned save for a plain stone altar.
Count of Arganil is a Portuguese noble title associated with the ecclesiastical position of Bishop of Coimbra. For this reason, its holders have always been designated Bishops-Counts since its concession.
