Roman Catholic Diocese of Funchal

Roman Catholic Diocese of Funchal

Coordinates: 32°38′54″N 16°54′30″W / 32.648333°N 16.908333°W / 32.648333; -16.908333

Diocese of Funchal
Dioecesis Funchalensis

Façade of the Cathedral
Location
Country Portugal, Portugal
Ecclesiastical province Patriarchate of Lisbon
Metropolitan Patriarchate of Lisbon
Coordinates 32°38′54″N 16°54′30″W / 32.648333°N 16.908333°W / 32.648333; -16.908333
Statistics
Area 800 km2 (310 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2006)
282,000[1]
270,000[1] (95.7%)
Parishes 52
Information
Rite Roman Rite
Cathedral Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
(Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Assunção)
Current leadership
Pope Benedict XVI
Bishop José Cavaco Carrilho
Website
diocesedofunchal.pt

The Diocese of Funchal (Latin: Dioecesis Funchalensis) 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 (cidade), by King Manuel I of Portugal (royal mandate of August 21, 1508). The new diocese was dependent on (suffragan) the Archdiocese of Lisbon.

Nineteen years later, on January 31, 1533, it was elevated to Archiepiscopal rank, becoming during twenty two years, the largest Metropolitan Archdiocese (territorial) in the world, where it had the following suffragan dioceses: Azores, Brazil, Africa[2] and Goa. The first (and only) Archbishop was D. Martinho of Portugal (with the title of Primate). On July 3, 1551, a restructuring of the dioceses of Portugal and the Portuguese empire, led to the extinction of the Archdiocese of Funchal and its return to status as a diocese. In 1570, Funchal was made a suffragan of Archdiocese of Lisbon (later Patriarchate), as it remains today.

None of the first three bishops appointed ever physically visited to Madeira; only the fourth, Frei Jorge de Lemos, went to take personally the Cathedra of bishop.

Until the 20th century, the bishops of Funchal used the title of Bishops of Madeira, of Porto Santo, of Desertas and of Arguim. The seat of the Diocese of Funchal is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption (Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Assunção).

On March 8, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI appointed José Cavaco Carrilho as Bishop of Funchal, until then Auxiliary Bishop of Porto.

Contents

List of Bishops of Funchal

Bispos do Funchal

1. D. Diogo Pinheiro (1514-1526)

Archbishop of Funchal

2. D. Martinho de Portugal (1533-1547)

Bishops of Funchal

3. D. Frei Gaspar (I) do Casal (1551-1556)
4. D. Frei Jorge de Lemos (1556-1569)
5. D. Frei de Távora (1569-1573)
6. D. Jerónimo (I) Barreto (1573-1585)
7. D. Luís (I) de Figueiredo e Lemos (1585-1608)
8. D. Frei Lourenço de Távora (1610-1617)
9. D. Jerónimo (II) Fernando (1619-1650)
10. D. Frei Gabriel de Almeida (1670-1674)
11. D. Frei António (I) Teles da Silva (1674-1682)
12. D. Estêvão Brioso de Figueiredo (1683-1689)
13. D. Frei José (I) de Santa Maria (1690-1696)
14. D. José (I) de Sousa Castelo Branco (1698-1725)
15. D. Frei Manuel (I) Coutinho (1725-1741)
16. D. Frei João (I) do Nascimento (1741-1753)
17. D. Gaspar (II) Afonso da Costa Brandão (1756-1784)
18. D. José (III) da Costa Torres (1784-1796)
19. D. Luís (II) Rodrigues Vilares (1796-1811)
20. D. João (II) Joaquim Bernardino de Brito (1817-1819)
21. D. Francisco (I) José Rodrigues de Andrade (1821-1838)
22. D. José (IV) Xavier de Cerveira e Sousa (1844-1849)
23. D. Manuel (II) Martins Manso (1849-1858)
24. D. Patrício Xavier de Moura (1859-1872)
25. D. Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos (1872-1874)
26. D. Manuel (III) Agostinho Barreto (1876-1911)
27. D. António (II) Manuel Pereira Ribeiro (1914-1957)
28. D. Frei David de Sousa, O.F.M. (1957-1965)
29. D. João (III) António da Silva Saraiva (1965-1972)
30. D. Francisco (II) Antunes Santana (1974-1982)
31. D. Teodoro de Faria (1982-2007)
32. D. José Cavaco Carrilho (2007 - present)

Notes

  1. ^ a b www.catholic-hierarchy.org | Statistics - Diocese of Funchal
  2. ^ Original Catholic Encyclopedia - Vicariate Apostolic of Natal

External links


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