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The Patriarch of Lisbon (Latin: Patriarch Ulixbonensis sive Lisbonensis) is an honorary title possessed by the archbishop
Archbishop

In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others, this means that they lead a diocese of particular importance called an archdiocese, or in the Anglican Communion an Ecclesiastical Province, but this is not always the case....
 of the Archdiocese of Lisbon
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lisbon

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lisbon is an Archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Portugal. Erected as the Diocese of Lisbon in the 4th Century, the Diocese was elevated to an Archdiocese in 1392....
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The first patriarch of Lisbon was D. Tomás de Almeida, who was appointed in 1716 by Pope Clement XI
Pope Clement XI

Pope Clement XI , born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was Pope from 1700 until his death....
. The title has been passed on to this day where the current patriarch is Cardinal José da Cruz Policarpo, appointed in 1998 by Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II John Paul II is widely acclaimed as one of the most influential leaders of the twentieth century. He has been Pope_John_Paul_II#Role_in_the_fall_of_Communism in bringing down communism in Eastern Europe, as well as significantly improving the Roman Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and A...
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ortugal grew in political importance and colonial possessions, the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan of Lisbon expanded, and we learn from Stadel, "Compend.






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The Patriarch of Lisbon (Latin: Patriarch Ulixbonensis sive Lisbonensis) is an honorary title possessed by the archbishop
Archbishop

In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others, this means that they lead a diocese of particular importance called an archdiocese, or in the Anglican Communion an Ecclesiastical Province, but this is not always the case....
 of the Archdiocese of Lisbon
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lisbon

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lisbon is an Archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Portugal. Erected as the Diocese of Lisbon in the 4th Century, the Diocese was elevated to an Archdiocese in 1392....
.

The first patriarch of Lisbon was D. Tomás de Almeida, who was appointed in 1716 by Pope Clement XI
Pope Clement XI

Pope Clement XI , born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was Pope from 1700 until his death....
. The title has been passed on to this day where the current patriarch is Cardinal José da Cruz Policarpo, appointed in 1998 by Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II John Paul II is widely acclaimed as one of the most influential leaders of the twentieth century. He has been Pope_John_Paul_II#Role_in_the_fall_of_Communism in bringing down communism in Eastern Europe, as well as significantly improving the Roman Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and A...
.

History

As Portugal grew in political importance and colonial possessions, the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan of Lisbon expanded, and we learn from Stadel, "Compend. Geogr. Eccles." (1712) that Coimbra, Leiria, Portalegre, Elvas, Funchal, Angra, Congo, St. James of Cape Verde, San Thomé, and Baia of All Saints were suffragans of Lisbon. As a reward for assistance against the Turks, Pope Clement XI
Pope Clement XI

Pope Clement XI , born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was Pope from 1700 until his death....
 in 1708 raised the Chapel of the Royal Palace to Collegiate rank and associated with it three parishes in the dioceses of Braganza and Lamego. Later, yielding to the request of King John V
John V of Portugal

|Fidel?ssimus John V the Magnanimous , 24th Portuguese monarchs of Portugal and the Algarves, was born John-Francis-Anthony in Lisbon and succeeded his father Peter II of Portugal in December 1706, and was proclaimed on January 1, 1707....
, he issued the Bull "In Supremo Apostolatus Solio" (22 October 1716) — known as the Golden Bull, because the seal or bulla was affixed with gold instead of lead — giving the collegiate chapel cathedral rank, with metropolitical rights, and conferring on its titular the rank of patriarch.

The city of Lisbon
Lisbon

Lisbon is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the Lisbon and capital of the Lisbon region. Its municipalities of Portugal, which matches the city proper excluding the larger continuous conurbation, has a municipal population of 564,477 in , while the Lisbon Metropolitan Area in total has around 2.8 million inha...
 was ecclesiastically divided into Eastern and Western Lisbon. The former Archbishop of Lisbon retained jurisdiction over Eastern Lisbon, and had as suffragans Guarda, Portalegre, St. James of Cape Verde, San Thomé, and San Salvator in Congo. Western Lisbon and metropolital rights over Leiria, Lamego, Funchal, and Angra, together with elaborate privileges and honours were granted to the new patriarch and his successors. It was further agreed between pope and king that the Patriarch of Lisbon should be made a cardinal at the first consistory following his appointment.

The first Patriarch of Lisbon was Tomás de Almeida (Thomas d'Almeyda, 1670-1754), formerly Bishop of Porto; he was raised to the cardinalate on 20 December 1737 by Pope Clement XII
Pope Clement XII

Pope Clement XII , born Lorenzo Corsini, was Pope from July 12 1730 to 6 February 1740.Born in Florence, the son of Bartolomeo Corsini, Marquis of Casigliano and his wife Isabella Strozzi, sister of the Duke of Bagnuolo, Corsini had been an aristocratic lawyer and financial manager under preceding pontiffs....
. There thus existed side by side in the city of Lisbon two metropolitical churches. To obviate the inconvenience of this arrangement Pope Benedict XIV
Pope Benedict XIV

Pope Benedict XIV , born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, was Pope from 17 August 1740 to 3 May 1758....
 (13 December 1740) united East and West Lisbon into one single archdiocese under Patriarch Almeida, who ruled the see until his death in 1754. The double chapter however remained until 1843, when the old cathedral chapter was dissolved by Pope Gregory XVI
Pope Gregory XVI

Pope Gregory XVI , born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari, named Mauro as a member of the religious order of the Camaldolese, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846....
. It was during the patriarchate of Cardinal Almeida (1746) that the famous Chapel of Saint John the Baptist was built in Rome (1742-1747) at the expense of King John V
John V of Portugal

|Fidel?ssimus John V the Magnanimous , 24th Portuguese monarchs of Portugal and the Algarves, was born John-Francis-Anthony in Lisbon and succeeded his father Peter II of Portugal in December 1706, and was proclaimed on January 1, 1707....
 and consecrated by Pope Benedict XIV, and then transported to and reconstructed in the Church of St. Roch
Igreja de São Roque (Lisbon)

The Igreja de S?o Roque in Lisbon was the earliest Society of Jesus church in the Portuguese world, and one of the first Jesuit churches anywhere....
 in Lisbon. Patriarch Almeida is buried in the chancel of that church.

At what date the patriarchs of Lisbon began to quarter the tiara with three crowns, though without the keys, on their coat of arms is uncertain and there are no documents referring to the grant of such a privilege. By Apostolic letters dated 30 September 1881 the metropolitan of Lisbon claims as suffragans the Dioceses of Angola, St. James of Cape Verde, San Thomé, Egitan, Portalegre, Angra, Funchal.

Patriarchs of Lisbon

  1. D. Tomás de Almeida (1716-1754)
  2. D. José (I) Manoel da Câmara (1754-1758)
  3. Francisco (I) de Saldanha da Gama (1758-1776)
  4. Fernando de Sousa da Silva (1779-1786)
  5. José (II) Francisco Miguel António de Mendoça (1786-1818)
  6. D. Carlos da Cunha e Menezes (1819-1825)
  7. Friar Patrício da Silva (1826-1840)
  8. Friar Francisco (II) de São Luís (Francisco Justiniano) Saraiva (1840-1845)
  9. Guilherme Henriques de Carvalho (1845-1857)
  10. Manuel (I) Bento Rodrigues da Silva (1858-1869)
  11. Inácio do Nascimento Cardinal de Morais Cardoso (1871-1883)
  12. José (III) Sebastião Cardinal de Almeida Neto (1883-1907)
  13. António (I) Mendes Belo (1907-1929)
  14. Manuel (II) Gonçalves Cerejeira
    Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira

    Dom Manuel Gon?alves Cerejeira, Order of Christ was a Portuguese people Cardinal , who served as cardinal-patriarch of Lisbon, from 1929 to 1971....
     (1929-1971)
  15. António (II) Ribeiro (1971-1998)
  16. José (IV) da Cruz Policarpo (1998-Present)


Sources, References and External links

  • at catholic-hierarchy.org
  • (in Portuguese)*Westermann, Großer Atlas zur Weltgeschichte