Archdiocese of Braga

ARCHDIOCESE OF BRAGA (Archidioecesis Bracarensis)

Country : Portugal
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 4th century as Diocese of Braga
Elevated to Archdiocese in the 12th century

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Arms of Archbishops

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  Ordoño Álvarez (1275-1278)

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  Vasco Rodrigues de Meneses Fernandes (1371-1374)

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  Jorge da Costa (1486-1500)

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  Jorge da Costa (1500-1505)

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  Diogo de Sousa (1505-1532)

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  Henrique de Portugal (1533-1540)

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  Diogo da Silva (1540-1541)

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  Eduard von Portugal (1542-1543)

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  Manuel de Sousa (1545-1549)

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  Baltasar Limpo (1550-1558)

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  Bartolomeu Fernandes dos Mártires (1559-1581)

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  João Afonso de Menezes (1581-1587)

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  Agostinho de Jesus (1588-1609)

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  Aleixo de Menezes (1612-1617)

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  Afonso Furtado de Mendonça (1618-1626)

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  Rodrigo da Cunha (1627-1635)

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  Sebastião de Matos de Noronha (1635-1641)

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  Pedro de Lencastre (1654-1670)

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  Veríssimo de Lencastre (1670-1677)

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  Luís de Sousa (1677-1690)

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  José de Menezes (1690-1696)

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  João de Sousa (1696-1703)

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  Rodrigo de Moura Telles (1704-1728)

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  João da Mota e Silva (1732)

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  José de Bragança (1741-1756)

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  Gaspar de Bragança (1758-1789)

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  Caetano da Anunciação Brandão (1790-1805)

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  José da Costa Torres (1807-1813)

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  Miguel da Madre de Deus da Cruz (1815-1827)

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  Pedro Paulo de Figueiredo da Cunha e Melo (1843-1855)

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  José IVoaquim de Azevedo e Moura (1856-1876)

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  João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa (1876-1883)

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  António José de Freitas Honorato (1883-1898)

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  Manuel Baptista da Costa (1899-1913)

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  Manuel Vieira de Matos (1915-1932)

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  António Bento Martins Júnior (1933-1963)

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  Francisco Maria da Silva (1963-1977)

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  Eurico Dias Nogueira (1977-1999)

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  Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga (1999-present)

Arms of Auxiliary bishops

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  António Ribeiro (1967-1971)

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  Joaquim Gonçalves (1981-1987)

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  Manuel da Silva Rodrigues Linda (2009-2013)

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  António José da Rocha Couto (2007-2011)

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  Francisco José Villas-Boas Senra de Faria Coelho (2017-2018)

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  Nuno Manuel dos Santos Almeida (2015-present)

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  Delfim Jorge Esteves Gomes (2022-present)

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