The Diocese of Guarda () is a

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of the

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in central eastern

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, a

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in the

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of the Latin

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in southern Portugal. The present episcopal seat is in

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() in the city of Guarda. The diocese also contains the Church of São Luís in Pinhel, 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 Idanha-a-Velha (Idanha "the old") is a village in the civil parish (''freguesia'') of Monsanto e Idanha-a-Velha, in the concelho, municipality of Idanha-a-Nova (Idanha "the new"), central eastern Portugal, and the site of ancient Egitânia, a form ...

(viz.), with see in present Idanha-a-Velha, 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 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 * On 1881.09.30 it gained territory from the

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and gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Pinhel.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all

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) http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/guar3.htm GCatholic.org ;''Suffragan Bishops of Guarda'' * Martinho Pais (1200 – 1225) * Vicente Hispano (1226 – 1248) * Rodrigo Fernandes (1248 – 1267) * Bishop Vasco (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) * Vasco Martins de Alvelos (1302 – death October 23, 1313), previously Bishop of

Lamego Lamego (; ) is a city and municipality in the Viseu District, in the Norte Region, Portugal, Norte Region of the Douro Subregion, Douro in northern Portugal. Located on the shores of the Balsemão River, the municipality has a population of 26,691 ...

(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) * Gil Cabral de Viana (? – 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,

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

of Massa Marittima (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 S. Maria in Trastevere (1553.12.11 – death 1556.06.05) :BIOs TO ELABORATE *

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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) * António de Saldanha (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 (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

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Catholic Hierarchy
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