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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Francisco Maria da Silva (1963-1977)
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Eurico Dias Nogueira (1977-1999)
Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga (1999-present)
Arms of Auxiliary bishops
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António Ribeiro (1967-1971)
Joaquim Gonçalves (1981-1987)
Manuel da Silva Rodrigues Linda (2009-2013)
António José da Rocha Couto (2007-2011)
Francisco José Villas-Boas Senra de Faria Coelho (2017-2018)
Nuno Manuel dos Santos Almeida (2015-present)
Delfim Jorge Esteves Gomes (2022-present)
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