Patriarchate of Lisbon

Last updated
Metropolitan Patriarchate of Lisbon

Patriarchatus Metropolitae Olisiponensis

Patriarcado Metropolitana de Lisboa
Se de Lisboa Frente.JPG
Selo do Patriarcado.jpg
Seal
Location
CountryFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Statistics
Area3,735 km2 (1,442 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2015)
1,924,650
1,648,885 (86%)
Parishes284
Information
Denomination Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established4th century
Cathedral Lisbon Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Patriarch Rui Manuel Sousa Valério
Suffragans Angra
Funchal
Guarda
Leiria-Fátima
Portalegre-Castelo Branco
Santarém
Setúbal
Auxiliary Bishops
Bishops emeritus Manuel III
Map
Provincia eclesiastica de Lisboa.svg
The Archdiocese of Lisbon shown in a darker red.
Website
http://www.patriarcado-lisboa.pt

The Metropolitan Patriarchate of Lisbon (Latin : Patriarchatus Metropolitae Olisiponensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or patriarchal archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.

Contents

Its archiepiscopal see is the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. Mary Major, in Lisbon. The patriarchate also has three minor basilicas: the Basilica of Our Lady of the Martyrs and Basilica of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Estrela, both in Lisbon; the Basilica of Our Lady and St. Anthony in Mafra; and two World Heritage Site monasteries: the Monastery of the Hieronymites, in Lisbon, and the Monastery of Saint Mary of Alcobaça, in Alcobaça

Patriarchate today

The patriarchate pastorally served, as per 2014, 1,648,885 Catholics (86% of 1,924,650 total) on 3,735 km² in 285 parishes and 604 missions, with 543 priests (291 diocesan, 252 religious), 84 deacons, 1,505 lay religious (401 brothers, 1,104 sisters) and 54 seminarians.[ citation needed ]

History

The diocese of Lisbon was created in the 4th century, but it lay vacant after 716 when the city was captured by the Moors, notwithstanding that there are references to Mozarabic bishops of the Mozarabic Rite in that period. The diocese was restored during the Second Crusade in 1147 when the city was captured by King Afonso I of Portugal after the siege of Lisbon. A crusader's account of that event refers to the local "elderly Bishop of the city" being slain "against all right and justice", by marauding Flemish and German crusaders, in direct defiance of the terms of the city's rendition. [1]

As Portugal grew in political importance and colonial possessions the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan of Lisbon expanded; Stadel says in his Compendium geographiae ecclesiasticae universalis (1712) that Coimbra, Leiria, Portalegre, Elvas, Funchal, Angra, Congo, St. James of Cape Verde, São Tomé, and Baia of All Saints were suffragans of Lisbon. [2] As a reward for its assistance against the Turks, Pope Clement XI in 1708 raised the Chapel of the Royal Palace to Collegiate rank and associated with it three parishes in the dioceses of Bragança and Lamego. Later, yielding to the request of King John V, he issued the Bull In Supremo Apostolatus Solio (22 October 1716) – known as the Golden Bull because the seal or bulla was affixed with gold instead of lead – giving the collegiate chapel cathedral rank, with metropolitical rights, and conferring on its titular the rank of patriarch.

The city of Lisbon was ecclesiastically divided into Eastern and Western Lisbon. The former archbishop of Lisbon retained jurisdiction over Eastern Lisbon, and had as suffragan dioceses those of Guarda, Portalegre, St. James of Cape Verde, São Tomé, and São Salvador in Congo. Western Lisbon and metropolitan rights over Leiria, Lamego, Funchal and Angra, together with elaborate privileges and honours, were granted to the new patriarch and his successors. It was further agreed between pope and king that the patriarch of Lisbon should be made a cardinal at the first consistory following his appointment ( Inter praecipuas apostolici ministerii , 1737).

The first patriarch of Lisbon was Tomás de Almeida (1670–1754), formerly bishop of Porto; he was raised to the cardinalate on 20 December 1737 by Pope Clement XII. There thus existed side by side in the city of Lisbon two metropolitical churches. To obviate the inconvenience of this arrangement Pope Benedict XIV (13 December 1740) united East and West Lisbon into one single archdiocese under Patriarch Almeida, who ruled the see until his death in 1754. The double chapter however remained until 1843, when the old cathedral chapter was dissolved by Pope Gregory XVI. It was during the patriarchate of Cardinal Almeida (1746) that the famous Chapel of Saint John the Baptist was built in Rome (1742–1747) at the expense of King John V and consecrated by Pope Benedict XIV, and then transported to and reconstructed in the Church of St. Roch in Lisbon. Patriarch Almeida is buried in the chancel of that church.

At what date the patriarchs of Lisbon began to quarter the tiara with three crowns, though without the keys, on their coat of arms is uncertain and there are no documents referring to the grant of such a privilege. By apostolic letters dated 30 September 1881 the metropolitan of Lisbon claims as suffragans the dioceses of Angola, St. James of Cape Verde, São Tomé, Egitan, Portalegre, Angra, and Funchal.

Privileges of the patriarchate

Throughout history, many privileges have been granted to the patriarchate of Lisbon and its patriarch by the Holy See. [3] [4]

Cardinal-Patriarch Manuel Goncalves Cerejeira using the pontifical fanon, falda, and flabella, as well as the three-tiered patriarchal mitre (reminiscent of the papal tiara), in 1965 Te-Deum celebrado no Dia de Sao Vicente, Se Patriarcal de Lisboa 1965-01-22 (cropped).png
Cardinal-Patriarch Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira using the pontifical fanon, falda, and flabella, as well as the three-tiered patriarchal mitre (reminiscent of the papal tiara), in 1965

These privileges were granted by Popes Clement XI, Innocent XIII, Benedict XIII and Clement XII. However, some have fallen into disuse over the centuries.

Ordinaries

Mantius of Evora Sao Mancos (c. 1550-60) - Sebastiao Lopes (attrib.), Museu de Arte Sacra da Se de Evora (cropped2).png
Mantius of Évora
Archbishop Martinho da Costa Pormenor de D. Martinho da Costa (Retabulo de Santa Auta, c. 1522).png
Archbishop Martinho da Costa
Henry I of Portugal was Archbishop Henry I of Lisbon before becoming King. Cardeal D. Henrique, copia de original de c. 1590.jpg
Henry I of Portugal was Archbishop Henry I of Lisbon before becoming King.
Patriarch Tomas I of Lisbon D. Tomas de Almeida (1670-1754).png
Patriarch Tomás I of Lisbon
Patriarch Guilherme I of Lisbon D. Guilherme Henriques de Carvalho (1793-1857).png
Patriarch Guilherme I of Lisbon
Patriarch Jose III of Lisbon Jose Sebastiao Neto - Copia.jpg
Patriarch José III of Lisbon

Lisbon, being one of the oldest cities in Iberia, has had a rich ecclesiastical history, in which the ordinaries of Lisbon have held different titles, partially depending on the country/city's rulers and their political/colonial power.

Suffragan bishops of Olisipo

  1. Saint Mantius (36) legendary
  2. Filipe Filoteu (92) legendary
  3. Pedro (I) (166) legendary
  4. Pedro (II) (213) legendary
  5. Jorge (260) legendary
  6. Pedro (III) (297) legendary
  7. Saint Gens of Lisbon (?) legendary
  8. Januário (300), legendary
  9. São Potâmio (c. 356)
  10. António (373)
  11. Neobrídio (430)
  12. Júlio (461)
  13. Azulano (?)
  14. João (500)
  15. Éolo (536)
  16. Nestoriano (578)
  17. Paulo (589)
  18. Goma or Gomarelo (610, 614)
  19. Viarico, Ubalico or Dialico (633, 636, 638)
  20. Nefrígio, Nefredo or Neofrídio (646)
  21. Cesário or César (656)
  22. Teodorico (666)
  23. Ara (683)
  24. Landerico (688, 693)
  25. Ildefonso (?)

After the Muslim invasion of Lisbon in 716, the see was vacant. The diocese was revitalized with the Siege of Lisbon in 1147, when the city was once again in Christian hands.

Suffragan bishops of Lisbon

  1. Gilbert of Hastings (1147-1166)
  2. Álvaro (bishop) (1166-1185)
  3. Soeiro (I) Anes  [ pt ] (1185-1210)
  4. Soeiro (II) Viegas (1210-1232)
  5. Vicente (1232)
  6. Paio Pais (1232-1233)
  7. João (I) Falberto (1233)
  8. Estêvão (I) Gomes (1234-1237)
  9. João (II) (1239-1241)
  10. Ricardo Guilherme (1241)
  11. Aires Vasques (1241-1258)
  12. Mateus (1259-1282)
  13. Estêvão (II) Anes de Vasconcelos (1284-1289)
  14. Domingos Anes Jardo (1289-1293)
  15. João (III) Martins de Soalhães (1294-1312)
  16. Frei Estêvão (III), O.F.M. (1312-1322)
  17. Gonçalo Pereira (1322-1326)
  18. João (IV) Afonso de Brito (1326-1341)
  19. Vasco (I) Martins (1342-1344)
  20. Estêvão (IV) de la Garde (1344-1348)
  21. Teobaldo de Castillon (1348-1356)
  22. Reginaldo de Maubernard (1356-1358)
  23. Lourenço Rodrigues (1359-1364)
  24. Pedro Gomes Barroso, o Jovem (1364-1369)
  25. Fernando Álvares (1369-1371)
  26. Vasco (II) Fernandes de Toledo (1371)
  27. Agapito Colona (1371-1380), 1378 Cardinal
  28. João (V) de Agoult (1380-1381) - named bishop of Lisbon by pope Urban VI (pope in Rome)
  29. Martinho de Zamora (1380-1383) - named bishop of Lisbon (and Cardinal in 1383) by Antipope Clement VII (pope in Avignon)
  30. João (VI) Guterres (1381-1382) - named bishop of Lisbon by pope Urban VI (pope in Rome)
  31. João (VII) Anes (c. 1383-1394)

Metropolitan archbishops of Lisbon

  1. João (I) Anes (1394-1402)
  2. João (II) Afonso Esteves da Azambuja (1402-1415)
  3. Diogo Álvares de Brito (1415-1422)
  4. Pedro de Noronha (1424-1452)
  5. Luís Coutinho (1452-1453)
  6. Cardeal D. Jaime de Portugal (1453-1459)
  7. Afonso (I) Nogueira (1459-1464)
  8. Cardeal D. Jorge da Costa (1464-1500)
  9. Martinho da Costa (1500-1521)
  10. Cardinal-Infante D. Afonso (II) de Portugal (1523-1540)
  11. Fernando de Meneses Coutinho e Vasconcelos (1540-1564)
  12. Cardinal Infante D. Henrique de Portugal (1564-1570)
  13. Jorge de Almeida (1570-1585)
  14. Miguel de Castro (1586-1625)
  15. Afonso (III) Furtado de Mendonça (1626-1630)
  16. João (III) Manuel de Ataíde (1633)
  17. Rodrigo da Cunha (1635-1643)
  18. António de Mendonça (1670-1675)
  19. Cardinal D. Luís de Sousa (1675-1702)
  20. João (IV) de Sousa (1703-1710)

Latin patriarchs of Lisbon

  1. Cardinal Tomás de Almeida (1716–1754)
  2. Cardinal José (I) Manoel da Câmara (1754–1758)
  3. Cardinal Francisco (I) de Saldanha da Gama (1758–1776)
  4. Cardinal Fernando de Sousa da Silva (1779–1786)
  5. Cardinal José (II) Francisco Miguel António de Mendonça (1786–1818)
  6. Cardinal Carlos da Cunha e Menezes (1819–1825)
  7. Cardinal Patrício da Silva (1826–1840)
  8. Cardinal Francisco (II) de São Luís (Francisco Justiniano) Saraiva (1840–1845)
  9. Cardinal Guilherme Henriques de Carvalho (1845–1857)
  10. Cardinal Manuel (I) Bento Rodrigues da Silva (1858–1869)
  11. Cardinal Inácio do Nascimento de Morais Cardoso (1871–1883)
  12. Cardinal José (III) Sebastião de Almeida Neto (1883–1907)
  13. Cardinal António (I) Mendes Belo (1907–1929)
  14. Cardinal Manuel (II) Gonçalves Cerejeira (1929–1971)
  15. Cardinal António (II) Ribeiro (1971–1998)
  16. Cardinal José (IV) da Cruz Policarpo (1998–2013)
  17. Cardinal Manuel (III) José Macário do Nascimento Clemente (2013–2023)
  18. Rui Manuel Sousa Valério (2023–present) [5]

Ecclesiastical province

The suffragan sees of the archdiocese are:

See also

Related Research Articles

Being one of the most ancient nation-states in Europe, Portugal has a long music history, which accompanied and strongly contributed to the development of the music history in Europe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau</span> Catholic diocese covering Macau

The Diocese of Macau is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church, in contrast with the Diocese of Hong Kong, which is, de jure, part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Guangdong.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga</span> Roman Catholic archdiocese in 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbra</span> Roman Catholic diocese in Portugal

The Diocese of Coimbra is a Catholic diocese in Coimbra, Portugal. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Braga.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Diocese of Porto, Portugal</span> Diocese of the Catholic Church in Portugal

The Portuguese Roman Catholic Diocese of Porto (Oporto) is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Braga. Its see at Porto is in the Norte region, and the second largest city in Portugal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos</span> 19th-century Roman Catholic bishop in Portuguese India

Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Goa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">António Mendes Belo</span>

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Diocese of Funchal</span> Roman Catholic diocese in Portugal

The 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Diocese of Angra</span> Roman Catholic diocese in Portugal

The Roman Catholic diocese of Angra is a Roman Catholic diocese comprising the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The see is located in Angra do Heroísmo, in the Terceira island. The current Ordinary is Armando Esteves Domingues.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Évora</span> Roman Catholic archdiocese in Portugal

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Évora has Évora Cathedral as its see. It has as suffragans the diocese of Beja and diocese of Faro. The current archbishop of Évora is José Francisco Sanches Alves.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Diocese of Guarda, Portugal</span> Roman Catholic diocese in Portugal

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guarda is a diocese located in central eastern Portugal, a suffragan in the Ecclesiastical province of the Latin Patriarchate of Lisbon in southern Portugal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman</span> Roman Catholic archdiocese in Goa and Damaon, India

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa and Daman encompasses the Goa state and the Damaon territory in the Konkan region, by the west coast of India. The ecclesiastical province of Goa and Damaon includes a suffragan diocese, the Sindhudurg Diocese that comprises the Malvani areas of. The Archbishop of Goa also holds the titles of Primate of the East and Patriarch of the East Indies, also hold the title of the Syrian Catholic Primate of the Archdiocese of Cranganore. The beginnings lie in the Padroado system of Portuguese Goa and Damaon, in the early 1900s the primatial see was transferred back to the Sacred Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, as the Padroado system of the Indo-Portuguese era was being dismantled.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Patriarch of Lisbon</span>

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cathedral of Angra do Heroísmo</span> Church in Azores, Portugal

The Cathedral of Angra do Heroísmo is a Portuguese 16th-century cathedral located in the civil parish of Sé, in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, on the island of Terceira in the archipelago of the Azores.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Manuel Clemente</span> Portuguese Catholic prelate (born 1948)

Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente, GCC, officially Manuel III, is a Portuguese prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the Metropolitan Patriarch of Lisbon from 2013 to 2023 and a cardinal since 14 February 2015. He has been a bishop since 1999 and was Bishop of Porto from 2007 to 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Luís de Sousa (cardinal)</span>

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Castle of Avis</span>

The Castle of Avis, is a Portuguese medieval castle in civil parish of Avis, in the municipality of the same name, in the Alentejo district of Portalegre.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tomás de Almeida</span>

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.

DomTeodoro de FariaGOIH, is Madeiran Catholic clergyman who was Bishop of Funchal between 1982-2007 and is currently Emeritus Bishop of the same diocese.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Martinho de Portugal</span>

DomMartinho de Portugal, also known as Martinho of Portugal, was a Portuguese archbishop, the only Archbishop of Funchal, holder of the largest Catholic jurisdiction in the world, ever created, which had as suffragans the dioceses like Angra do Heroísmo, São Tomé, Santiago and Goa. From its area, the future Diocese of São Salvador da Bahia, would be dismembered and created in 1551.

References

  1. Osbernus. "Osbernus: De expugnatione Lyxbonensi, 1147 [The Capture of Lisbon]". Internet Medieval Sourcebook . Fordham University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014.
  2. Johann Karl : Von Stadel (1712). Compendium geographiae ecclesiasticae universalis, in quo patriarchatuum, archi-&-episcopatuum, per totum orbem diffusorum modernus status exponitur, cum rebus notabilioribus provinciarum. Compositum ab abbate Joanne Carolo a Stadel . sumptibus auctoris. pp. 175–176.
  3. Clemente, D. Manuel; Moreira Azevedo, D. Carlos (2009). Os Patriarcas de Lisboa. Alêtheia Editores. ISBN   9789896221652.
  4. "Sé Patriarcal de Lisboa - Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo - DigitArq". digitarq.arquivos.pt. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  5. "Resignations and Appointments, 10.08.2023" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.

38°42′53″N9°7′39″W / 38.71472°N 9.12750°W / 38.71472; -9.12750