Patriarch of Lisbon
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Archbishop
An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
of the Archdiocese of Lisbon
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lisbon
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lisbon is an Archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Portugal. Erected as the Diocese of Lisbon in the 4th Century, the Diocese was elevated to an Archdiocese in 1392...
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The first patriarch of Lisbon was D. Tomás de Almeida, who was appointed in 1716 by Pope Clement XI
Pope Clement XI
Pope Clement XI , born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was Pope from 1700 until his death in 1721.-Early life:...
. The title has been passed on to this day where the current patriarch is Cardinal José da Cruz Policarpo, appointed in 1998 by Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II
Blessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...
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History
As Portugal grew in political importance and colonial possessions, the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan of Lisbon expanded, and we learn from Stadel, Compend. Geogr. Eccles. (1712), that CoimbraCoimbra
Coimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the...
, Leiria
Leiria
Leiria is a city in Leiria Municipality in the Centro Region, Portugal. It is the capital of Leiria District. The city proper has 50,200 inhabitants and the entire municipality has nearly 120,000...
, Portalegre, Elvas, Funchal
Funchal
Funchal is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira. The city has a population of 112,015 and has been the capital of Madeira for more than five centuries.-Etymology:...
, Angra, Congo, St. James of Cape Verde, São Tomé, and Baia of All Saints were suffragans of Lisbon. As a reward for assistance against the Turks, Pope Clement XI
Pope Clement XI
Pope Clement XI , born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was Pope from 1700 until his death in 1721.-Early life:...
in 1708 raised the Chapel of the Royal Palace to Collegiate rank and associated with it three parishes in the dioceses of Braganza 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
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
was ecclesiastically divided into Eastern and Western Lisbon. The former Archbishop of Lisbon retained jurisdiction over Eastern Lisbon, and had as suffragans Guarda
Guarda
Guarda Municipality is located in Guarda District, Beira Interior Norte sub-region in Centro Region in Portugal. It has a total area of 712.1 km² and a total population of 44,149. It contains the city of Guarda, Portugal....
, Portalegre, St. James of Cape Verde, São Tomé, and São Salvador in Congo. Western Lisbon and metropolital rights over Leiria, Lamego
Lamego
Lamego is a municipality in northern Portugal, with a population of 27,054 inhabitants Lamego is a municipality in northern Portugal, with a population of 27,054 inhabitants Lamego is a municipality in northern Portugal, with a population of 27,054 inhabitants (the catchment of the city of...
, 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.
The first Patriarch of Lisbon was Tomás de Almeida (Thomas d'Almeyda, 1670–1754), formerly Bishop of Porto; he was raised to the cardinalate on 20 December 1737 by Pope Clement XII
Pope Clement XII
Pope Clement XII , born Lorenzo Corsini, was Pope from 12 July 1730 to 6 February 1740.Born in Florence, the son of Bartolomeo Corsini, Marquis of Casigliano and his wife Isabella Strozzi, sister of the Duke of Bagnuolo, Corsini had been an aristocratic lawyer and financial manager under preceding...
. There thus existed side by side in the city of Lisbon two metropolitical churches. To obviate the inconvenience of this arrangement Pope Benedict XIV
Pope Benedict XIV
Pope Benedict XIV , born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, was Pope from 17 August 1740 to 3 May 1758.-Life:...
(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
Pope Gregory XVI
Pope Gregory XVI , born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari, named Mauro as a member of the religious order of the Camaldolese, was Pope of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846...
. 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
Igreja de São Roque (Lisbon)
The Igreja de São Roque in Lisbon was the earliest Jesuit church in the Portuguese world, and one of the first Jesuit churches anywhere. It served as the Society’s home church in Portugal for over 200 years, before the Jesuits were expelled from that country...
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
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
, St. James of Cape Verde, São Tomé, Egitan, Portalegre, Angra, Funchal.
Patriarchs of Lisbon
- Tomás de Almeida (1716–1754)
- José (I) Manoel da Câmara (1754–1758)
- Francisco (I) de Saldanha da Gama (1758–1776)
- Fernando de Sousa da Silva (1779–1786)
- José (II) Francisco Miguel António de Mendonça (1786–1818)
- Carlos da Cunha e Menezes (1819–1825)
- Patrício da Silva (1826–1840)
- Francisco (II) de São Luís (Francisco Justiniano) Saraiva (1840–1845)
- Guilherme Henriques de Carvalho (1845–1857)
- Manuel (I) Bento Rodrigues da Silva (1858–1869)
- Inácio do Nascimento de Morais CardosoInácio do Nascimento de Morais CardosoDom Inácio do Nascimento de Morais Cardoso was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was former Patriarch of Lisbon....
(1871–1883) - José (III) Sebastião de Almeida NetoJosé Sebastião de Almeida NetoDom José III Sebastião de Almeida Neto was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Patriarch of Lisbon....
(1883–1907) - António (I) Mendes BeloAntónio Mendes BeloDom António I Mendes Belo was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Patriarch of Lisbon.António Mendes Belo was born at São Pedro, Gouveia, , Portugal, son of Miguel Mendes Belo and wife Rosalina dos Santos de Almeida da Mota...
(1907–1929) - Manuel (II) Gonçalves CerejeiraManuel Gonçalves CerejeiraDom Manuel II Gonçalves Cerejeira, GCC was a Portuguese cardinal, who served as cardinal-patriarch of Lisbon, from 1929 to 1971...
(1929–1971) - António (II) RibeiroAntónio RibeiroDom António II Ribeiro was a Portuguese Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, who was Patriarch of Lisbon from 1971 until his death in 1998....
(1971–1998) - José (IV) da Cruz Policarpo (1998–Present)
Ecclesiastical Province of Lisboa
- Archdiocese of Lisboa
- Diocese of AngraRoman Catholic Diocese of AngraThe Roman Catholic diocese of Angra is in the Azores, Portugal. The episcopal see of the Azores, created in 1534 by Pope Paul III, has a bishop who is a suffragan of the patriarch of Lisbon, Cardinal José da Cruz Policarpo, of the archdiocese of Lisbon. It was vacant from 1637 to 1671...
- Diocese of FunchalRoman Catholic Diocese of FunchalThe Diocese of Funchal was created originally on January 12, 1514, through the bull Pro excellenti præeminentia of Pope Leo X, following the elevation of Funchal from a village to the status of town , by King Manuel I of Portugal...
- Diocese of Guarda
- Diocese of Leiria-FátimaRoman Catholic Diocese of Leiria-FátimaThe Portuguese Catholic Diocese of Leiria–Fátima has existed under this name since 1984, the diocese of Leiria being renamed in that year. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Lisbon....
- Diocese of Portalegre-Castelo BrancoRoman Catholic Diocese of Portalegre-Castelo BrancoThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Portalegre–Castelo Branco has carried this name since 1956, when the historical diocese of Portalegre was renamed. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Lisbon.-History:...
- Diocese of SantarémRoman Catholic Diocese of Santarém, PortugalThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Santarém is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Portugal. Erected in 1975, the diocese is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Lisbon. Its see at Santarém is north-east of Lisbon....
- Diocese of SetúbalRoman Catholic Diocese of SetúbalThe Portuguese Catholic Diocese of Setúbal has existed since 1975. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Lisbon. Its see at Setúbal is south of Lisbon. , the bishop is Gilberto Délio Gonçalves Canavarro dos Reis, who was appointed in 1998.-External links:...
- Diocese of Angra
Sources, References and External links
- Giga-Catholic Information
- Patriarch of Lisbon at catholic-hierarchy.org
- Official website (in Portuguese)
- Westermann, Großer Atlas zur Weltgeschichte