Diocese of Leiria-Fátima

DIOCESE OF LEIRIA-FÁTIMA (Dioecesis Leiriensis-Fatimensis)

Country : Portugal
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1545 as Diocese of Leiria
Abolished 1881
Re-established 1918
Renamed 1984 as Diocese of Leiria-Fátima

Arms (crest) of Diocese of Leiria-Fátima

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Arms of Bishops

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Brás de Barros (1545–1556)
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Sancho de Noronha (1556)
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Gaspar do Casal (1557–1579)
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António I. Pinheiro (1579–1582)
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Pedro I. de Castilho (1583–1604)
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Martim Afonso Mexia (1604–1615)
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Rui Pires da Veiga (1615)
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António II. de Santa Maria (1616–1623)
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Francisco de Menezes (1625–1627)
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Dinis de Melo e Castro (1627–1636)
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Pedro II. Barbosa de Eça (1636–1640)
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Diogo de Sousa (1640)
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Jerónimo de Mascarenhas (1648)
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Pedro III. Vieira da Silva (1670–1676)
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Domingos de Gusmão (1677–1678)
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José I. de Lencastre (1681–1694)
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Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha (1694–1746)
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João I. de Nossa Senhora da Porta (1746–1760)
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Miguel de Bulhões e Souza (1761–1779)
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António III. Bonifácio Coelho (1779)
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Lourenço de Alencastre (1780–1790)
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Manuel I. de Aguiar (1790–1815)
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João II. Inácio da Fonsca Melo (1818–1834)
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Guilherme Henriques de Carvalho (1843–1845)
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Manuel II. José da Costa (1846–1851)
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Joaquim Pereira Ferraz (1852–1873)
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José II. Alves Correia da Silva (1920–1957)
João Pereira Venâncio (1958–1972)
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Alberto Cosme do Amaral (1972–1993)
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Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva (1993–2006)
António Augusto dos Santos Marto (2006-present)

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