Manuel Vieira de Matos (22 March 1861 – 28 September 1932) was Bishop of Guarda, Archbishop of

Braga Braga ( , ; cel-x-proto, Bracara) is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality has a resident population of 193,333 inhabitants (in ...

, and the founder of the Corpo Nacional de Escutas - Escutismo Católico Português. He was born in Poiares,

Peso da Régua :''Regua leads here. For American major general, see Eldon Regua'' Peso da Régua (), commonly known as Régua, is a municipality in northern Portugal, in the district of Vila Real. The population in 2011 was 17,131 (of which approximately 10,000 a ...

. On 1 April 1903 he became the Bishop of Guarda, and on 1 October 1914 he became

Archbishop of Braga The Archdiocese of Braga ( la, Archidioecesis Bracarensis) 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 R ...

. In Braga in 1923, Manuel Vieira de Matos and Dr. Avelino Gonçalves founded the largest

Scouting Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement employing the Scout method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking ...

organization in Portugal, the Corpo Nacional de Escutas - Escutismo Católico Português (CNE). In 1929 the organization was accepted as member by the

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. He died in

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''Archbishop Manuel Vieira de Matos'' Catholic-Hierarchy

1861 births 1932 deaths People from Peso da Régua 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Portugal Scouting pioneers Roman Catholic archbishops of Braga Scouting and Guiding in Portugal {{RC-archbishop-stub