The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guarda ( la, Dioecesis Aegitaniensis) is a

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located in central eastern

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, a suffragan in the

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of the Latin

Patriarchate of Lisbon The Patriarchate of Lisbon ( la, Patriarchatus Olisiponensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or patriarchal archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Its archiepiscopal see is the Patriarchal Cathedral of ...

in southern Portugal. The present episcopal seat is in

Guarda Cathedral The Cathedral of Guarda ( pt, Catedral da Guarda, Sé da Guarda) is a Catholic church located in the northeastern city of Guarda, Portugal, Guarda, Portugal. Its construction took from 1390 until the mid 16th century, combining Gothic architecture, ...

( pt, Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Consolação) in the city of Guarda. The diocese also contains the Church of São Luís in

Pinhel Pinhel () is a concelho, municipality, former Catholic bishopric and present Latin titular see in the Centro, Portugal, central subregion of Beira Interior Norte, in Portugal. The municipality population in 2011 was 9,627, in an area of 484.52&nbs ...

, once the cathedral of the former diocese of Pinhel, absorbed into the diocese of Guarda in 1881.Catholic Hierarchy: Diocese of Pinhel
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Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 253,300 Catholics (96.0% of 263,900 total) on 6,759 km² in 361 parishes and 3 missions with 140 priests (126 diocesan, 14 religious), 17 deacons, 133 lay religious (26 brothers, 107 sisters) and 5 seminarians.

History

* Possibly in 550, no later than 569, a Diocese of Egitânia (viz.), with see in present

Idanha-a-Velha Idanha-a-Velha (Idanha "the old") is a village in the civil parish (''freguesia'') of Monsanto e Idanha-a-Velha, in the municipality of Idanha-a-Nova (Idanha "the new"), central eastern Portugal, and the site of ancient Egitânia, a former bishop ...

, was established under the

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and maintained by the

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which absorbed it by 585. However, due to the Moorish conquest, in 715 it was suppressed, its

Cathedral of Idanha-a-Velha The Former Cathedral of Idanha-a-Velha ( pt, Catedral de Idanha-a-Velha) is the decommissioned medieval Catholic cathedral of the former bishopric of Egitânia, in the Freguesia (civil parish) of Monsanto e Idanha-a-Velha, in the municipality of I ...

later converted into a mosque. * In 1199 that was nominally restored as Diocese of Guarda, which claimed the apostolic succession but switched the see to Guarda where it built a new cathedral, without awarding even co-cathedral status to the old see. * On 1549.08.21 it lost territory to establish the

Diocese of Portalegre The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portalegre–Castelo Branco ( la, Dioecesis Portalegrensis–Castri Albi) has carried this name since 1956, when the historical diocese of Portalegre was renamed. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Lisbon. Histo ...

* On 1881.09.30 it gained territory from the

Diocese of Coimbra The Diocese of Coimbra ( la, Dioecesis Conimbricensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Coimbra, Portugal. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Braga. From 1472, the bishop of Coimbra held the comital title of Count of Arganil, being thus called ...

and gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Pinhel.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman rite) http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/guar3.htm GCatholic.org ;''Suffragan Bishops of Guarda'' * Martinho Pais (1200 – 1225) * Vicente Hispano (1226 – 1248) *

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(1248 – 1267) *

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(1267 – 1278) * João Martins (Juan Martínez),

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(O.F.M.) (1278 – 1301), previously Bishop of

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(Spain) (1266 – 1278.12.24) *

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(1302 – death October 23, 1313), previously Bishop of

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(Portugal) (1297 – 1302) * Bishop Rodrigo (1313 – 1313) * Bishop Estêvão (1314 – 1316) * Bishop Martinho (1319 – 1322) * Bishop Guterres (1322 – 1326) * Bishop Bartolomeu (1326 – 1345) * Afonso Dinis (1346 – 1347), later Bishop of

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(Portugal) (1347.10.15 – death 1352) * Bishop Lourenço (1349 – 1356) * Estêvão Tristão (? – 1357) *

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(? – 1360) * Vasco de Menezes (1362 – 1367) * Gonçalo Martins (1367) * Afonso Correia (1367 – 1384) * Vasco de Lamego (? – 1384) * Afonso Ferraz (? – 1396) * Gil (1397 – 1397) * Gonçalo Vasques da Cunha (1397–1426) * Luís da Guerra (1427 – 1458) * João Manuel, Carmelite Order (O. Carm.) (July 9, 1459 – death 1476), previously

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(1442.04.18 – 1444.07.20), Bishop of

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(Spain) (1444.07.20 – 1459.07.09) * João Manuel Ferras (March 17, 1477 – death 1478), previously Bishop of

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(Portugal) (1526.11.21 – 1547.04.22) * Álvaro de Chaves (1479 – 1481 ''see below'') *''

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Garcia de Menezes (1481 – death 1484), while Bishop of

(Portugal) (1471 – 1484) * Álvaro de Chaves (''see above'' 1484 – 1496) * Pedro Vaz Gavião (1496 – 1516) *''

''sede plena'' Miguel da Silva (1516–1519), later Bishop of Viseu (Portugal) (1526.11.21 – 1547.04.22), created

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of Ss. XII Apostoli (1542.02.06 – 1543.10.05), transferred Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede (1543.10.05 – 1552.06.27), also

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(Italy) (1549.05.20 – 1555), repeatedly transferred Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1552.06.27 – 1553.11.29), Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio (1553.11.29 – 1553.12.11), Cardinal-Priest of

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(1553.12.11 – death 1556.06.05) :BIOs TO ELABORATE * Cardinal Afonso de Portugal (September 9, 1516 – February 23, 1519) * Jorge de Melo (1519–1548) * Cristóvão de Castro (1550–1552) * João de Portugal (1556–1585) * Nuno de Noronha (1594–1608) * Archbishop Afonso Furtado de Mendonça (February 13, 1610 – 1616) * Francisco de Castro (1617–1630) * Lopo de Sequeira Pereira (1632 – August 4, 1636) * Dinis de Melo e Castro (1639–1639) * Father Diogo Lobo (1640–1640) * Archbishop Pedro de Lencastre (1643–1648) * Álvaro de São Boaventura (1669–1672) * Archbishop Luís da Silva Teles (1685–1691) * João de Mascarenhas (1691 – January 24, 1692) * Archbishop Rodrigo de Moura Telles (1694–1704) *

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(1705 – June 28, 1711) * João de Mendonça (1713 – August 2, 1736) * Archbishop José Fialho, O. Cist. (January 2, 1741 – March 18, 1741) * Bernardo António de Melo Osório (1742–1774) * Jerónimo Rogado de Carvalhal e Silva (1773 – February 19, 1797) * José António Pinto de Mendonça Arrais (1797–1822) * Carlos de São José de Azevedo e Sousa (1824–1828) * Joaquim José Pacheco Sousa (1832–1857) * Manuel Martins Manso (March 18, 1858 – December 1, 1878) * Tommaso Gomes de Almeida (August 9, 1883 – January 3, 1903) * Archbishop

Manuel Vieira de Matos Manuel Vieira de Matos (22 March 1861 – 28 September 1932) was Bishop of Guarda, Archbishop of Braga, and the founder of the Corpo Nacional de Escutas - Escutismo Católico Português. He was born in Poiares, Peso da Régua. On 1 April 1 ...

(April 1, 1903 – October 1, 1914) * Giuseppe Alves Matoso (October 3, 1914 – February 1, 1952) * Domenico da Silva Gonçavles (February 1, 1952 – June 4, 1960) * Policarpo da Costa Vaz (高德華) (July 9, 1960 – November 17, 1979) * António dos Santos (November 17, 1979 – December 1, 2005) * Manuel da Rocha Felício (December 1, 2005 - ... )

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org - data for all sections

Catholic Hierarchy
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Statistics

History

Episcopal ordinaries

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References

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