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Seniority by Bishop Ordination

Ordained Bishop	Years	Name	Current Title
Most Senior
6 Dec 1964		Archbishop Eurico Dias Nogueira	Archbishop Emeritus of Braga
22 Jan 1967		Bishop Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão	Bishop Emeritus of Beja
10 Oct 1971		Archbishop Edoardo Rovida	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal
21 May 1972		Bishop Augusto César Alves Ferreira da Silva, C.M.	Bishop Emeritus of Portalegre-Castelo Branco
13 Jan 1974		Archbishop Maurílio Jorge Quintal de Gouveia	Archbishop Emeritus of Évora
26 May 1974		Bishop Aurélio Granada Escudeiro	Bishop Emeritus of Angra
21 Sep 1975		Bishop António Baltasar Marcelino	Bishop Emeritus of Aveiro
26 Oct 1975		Bishop Manuel da Silva Martins	Bishop Emeritus of Setúbal
23 Nov 1975		Bishop João Alves	Bishop Emeritus of Coimbra
4 Apr 1976		Bishop António dos Santos	Bishop Emeritus of Guarda
13 Feb 1977		Bishop António José Rafael	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança-Miranda
29 Jun 1978		José da Cruz Cardinal Policarpo	Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Most Junior
20 Nov 2011		Bishop Nuno Brás da Silva Martins	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}
2 Oct 2011		Bishop José Manuel Garcia Cordeiro	Bishop of Bragança-Miranda
3 Jul 2011		Bishop Virgilio do Nascimento Antunes	Bishop of Coimbra
10 Apr 2011		Bishop Pio Gonçalo Alves de Souza	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto
3 Apr 2011		Bishop Ildo Augusto dos Santos Lopes Fortes	Bishop of Mindelo, Cape Verde
20 Sep 2009		Bishop Manuel da Silva Rodrigues Linda	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga
29 Jun 2008		Bishop João Evangelista Pimentel Lavrador	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto
30 Mar 2008		Bishop Joaquim Augusto da Silva Mendes, S.D.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}
23 Sep 2007		Bishop António José da Rocha Couto, S.M.P.	Bishop of Lamego
23 Jul 2006		Bishop Ilídio Pinto Leandro	Bishop of Viseu
21 May 2005		Bishop Joaquim Justino Carreira	Bishop of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
24 Apr 2005		Bishop Anacleto Cordeiro Gonçalves de Oliveira	Bishop of Viana do Castelo

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