Miranda (do Douro) (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Historical Details

Diocese of Miranda (do Douro)
- Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
- Erected: 23 March 1545
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Braga
- Rite: Latin (or Roman)
- Country: Portugal

Past Ordinaries

Toribio López † (22 Mar 1545 Appointed - 1553 Died)
Rodrigo Lopes de Carvalho † (23 Jan 1555 Appointed - 13 Aug 1559 Died)
Julião de Alva † (5 Apr 1560 Appointed - 1564 Resigned)
António Pinheiro † (21 Jun 1564 Appointed - 27 Nov 1579 Appointed, Bishop of Leiria)
Jerónimo de Menezes † (2 Dec 1579 Appointed - 22 May 1592 Appointed, Bishop of Porto)
Manoel de Séabra (Leabra) † (12 May 1593 Appointed - 1595 Died)
Diogo de Sousa † (4 Jul 1597 Appointed - 1 Mar 1610 Appointed, Archbishop of Évora)
José de Melo † (10 Mar 1610 Appointed - 18 Jul 1611 Appointed, Archbishop of Évora)
Jerónimo Teixeira Cabral † (14 May 1612 Appointed - Jun 1614 Died)
João da Gama † (18 May 1615 Appointed - 28 Mar 1617 Died)
Francisco Pereira, O.S.A. † (1 Oct 1618 Appointed - 7 Jan 1621 Died)
João de Valladares, O.S.A. † (30 Aug 1621 Appointed - 30 Aug 1627 Appointed, Bishop of Porto)
Jorge de Melo † (20 Sep 1627 Appointed - 9 Jun 1636 Appointed, Bishop of Coimbra)
Pierro de Meneses † (15 May 1645 Appointed - )
André Furtado de Mendonça † (12 Dec 1672 Appointed - 21 Jul 1676 Died)
José Antonio de Lencastre, O. Carm. † (26 Apr 1677 Appointed - 2 Jun 1681 Appointed, Bishop of Leiria)
Lourenço de Castro, O.P. † (1 Dec 1681 Appointed - 10 Aug 1684 Died)
António de Santa Maria, O.F.M. Ref. † (9 Apr 1685 Appointed - 1 Sep 1688 Died)
Manuel de Moura Manuel † (6 Jun 1689 Appointed - 7 Sep 1699 Died)
João Franco de Oliveira † (18 Apr 1701 Appointed - 2 Aug 1715 Died)
João de Souza e Carvalho † (8 Jun 1716 Appointed - 15 Aug 1737 Died)
Diogo Marques Morato † (19 Dec 1740 Confirmed - 29 Dec 1749 Died)
João da Cruz Salgado de Castilho, O.C.D. † (19 Jan 1750 Confirmed - 20 Oct 1756 Died)
Aleixo de Miranda Henriques, O.P. † (13 Mar 1758 Confirmed - 6 Aug 1770 Confirmed, Bishop of Porto)
Manuel de Vasconcellos Pereira † (6 Aug 1770 Confirmed - 8 Mar 1773 Confirmed, Bishop of Lamego)
Miguel António Barreto de Meneses † (12 Jul 1773 Confirmed - 8 Aug 1780 Resigned)

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
23 March 1545	Erected	Archdiocese of Braga	Diocese of Miranda (do Douro) (erected)
5 March 1770	Territory Lost	Diocese of Miranda (do Douro)	Diocese of Bragança (erected)
27 September 1780	United	Diocese of Bragança Diocese of Miranda (do Douro)	Diocese of Bragança e Miranda