Diocese of Angra, Portugal

Born:	1941.03.15 (Vila do Porto, Ilha de Santa Maria, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1970.05.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.06.30
Died:	2022.08.22 (Lisboa, Portugal † 81)

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1996.04.09 – 2016.03.15)

Bishop Aurélio Granada Escudeiro
(1979.06.30 – 1996.04.09)

Born:	1920.05.19 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1943.01.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.05.26
Died:	2012.08.25 († 92)

Titular Bishop of Drusiliana (1974.03.18 – 1979.06.30)

Coadjutor Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1974.03.18 – 1979.06.30)

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1979.06.30 – 1996.04.09)

Bishop Manuel Alfonso de Carvalho
(1957.06.17 – 1978.12.13)

Born:	1912.02.19 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1936.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1953.05.03
Died:	1978.12.13 († 66)

Titular Bishop of Rhædestus (1953.02.10 – 1957.06.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1953.02.10 – 1957.06.17)

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1957.06.17 – 1978.12.13)

Bishop Guilherme Augusto Inácio da Cunha Guimarães
(1928.06.20 – 1957.06.17)

Born:	1877.11.25 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1900.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1928.09.02
Died:	1957.06.17 († 79)

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1928.06.20 – 1957.06.17)

Bishop António Augusto de Castro Meireles
(1923.12.20 – 1928.06.20)

Born:	1885.08.13 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1908
Consecrated Bishop:	1924.06.29
Died:	1942.03.29 († 56)

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1923.12.20 – 1928.06.20)

Titular Bishop of Lamia (1928.06.20 – 1929.06.21)

Coadjutor Bishop of Porto (Portugal) (1928.06.20 – 1929.06.21)

Bishop of Porto (Portugal) (1929.06.21 – 1942.03.29)

Bishop Manuel Damasceno da Costa
(1914.10.02 – 1922.01.27)

Born:	1867.02.02 (Portugal)
Died:	1922.01.27 († 54)

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1914.10.02 – 1922.01.27)

Bishop José Correia Cardoso Monteiro
(1905.03.10 – 1910.06.20)

Born:	1844.02.20 (Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:	1905.05.28
Died:	1910.06.20 († 66)

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1905.03.10 – 1910.06.20)

Bishop José Manuel de Carvalho (嘉惠勞)
(1902.06.09 – 1904.04.24)

Born:	1844.09.16 (Tourigo, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1867.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1897.08.29
Died:	1904.04.24 (Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal † 59)

Priest of Viseu (Portugal) (1867.09.21 – 1897.04.19)

Bishop of Macau 澳門 (Macau) ([1897.04.19] 1897.04.19 – 1902.06.09)

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1902.06.09 – 1904.04.24)

Bishop Francisco José Ribeiro Vieira e Brito
(1892.02.27 – 1902.06.09)

Born:	1850.06.05 (Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:	1892.03.27
Died:	1935.07.12 († 85)

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1892.02.27 – 1902.06.09)

Bishop of Lamego (Portugal) (1902.06.09 – 1935.07.12)

Bishop Francisco Maria do Prado Lacerda
(1889.01.27 – 1891.12.23)

Born:	1827.01.17
Ordained Priest:	1854.11.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1886.04.04
Died:	1891.12.23 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Nilopolis (1886.02.16 – 1889.01.27)

Coadjutor Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1886.02.16 – 1889.01.27)

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1889.01.27 – 1891.12.23)

Bishop João Pereira Botelho do Amaral e Pimentel
(1871.12.22 – 1889.01.27)

Born:	1815.06.21 (Vila de Oleiros, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1850.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1872.04.28
Died:	1889.01.27 (Angra, Portugal † 73)

Bishop of Macau 澳門 (Macau) (1866.01.08 – 1871.12.22 not possessed)

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1871.12.22 – 1889.01.27)

Bishop Estevam de Jesus Maria
(1828.01.26 – 1870.07.28)

Born:	1786.12.26 (Portugal)
Died:	1870.07.28 († 83)

Bishop of São Tomé de Meliapor (India) (1826.07.03 – 1828.01.26)

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) ([1825.06.26] 1828.01.26 – 1870.07.28)

Bishop Manuel Nicolau de Almeida, O.C.D.
(1819.05.03 – 1825.10.11)

Born:	1761.12.25
Died:	1825.10.11 († 63)

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) ([1819.05.03] 1819.05.03 – 1825.10.11)

Bishop Alexandre da Sagrada Familia Ferreira da Silva, O.F.M.
(1815.12.18 – 1818.04.23)

Born:	1737.05.23
Ordained Priest:	1763.12.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1783.02.24
Died:	1818.04.23 († 80)

Bishop of Malacca (Malaysia) (1782.12.16 – 1785.02.14)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1785.02.14 – 1787.11.23)

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1815.12.18 – 1818.04.23)

Bishop José Pegado de Azevedo
(1801.07.10 – 1812.06.19)

Born:	1750.03.13 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1778.08.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1801.11.15
Died:	1812.06.19 († 62)

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1801.07.10 – 1812.06.19)

Bishop José da Avé-Maria Leite da Costa e Silva
(1782.08.24 – 1799.10.30)

Died:

1799.10.30

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1782.08.24 – 1799.10.30)

Bishop João Marcelino dos Santos Homem Aparício
(1774 – 1782.05.21)

Died:

1782.05.21

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1774 – 1782.05.21)

Bishop António Caetano da Rocha
(1758.07.19 – 1772.06.21)

Died:

1772.06.21

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1758.07.19 – 1772.06.21)

Bishop Valério do Sacramento, O.F.M. Ref.
(1738.07.27 – 1757)

Died:

1757

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1738.07.27 – 1757)

Bishop Manoel Alvares da Costa
(1721.01.20 – 1733.01.10)

Born:	1651.08.24 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1674.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1707.02.27
Died:	1733.01.10 († 81)

Bishop of Olinda (Brazil) (1706.06.07 – 1721.01.20)

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1721.01.20 – 1733.01.10)

Bishop João de Brito e Vasconcelos
(1718 – 1718.11.29)

Died:

1718.11.29

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1718 – 1718.11.29)

Bishop António Vieira Leitão
(1693.11.23 – 1714.05.22)

Died:

1714.05.22

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1693.11.23 – 1714.05.22)

Bishop Clemente Vieira, O.E.S.A.
(1687.11.24 – 1692.09.24)

Born:	1629 (Portugal)
Died:	1692.09.24 († 62)

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1687.11.24 – 1692.09.24)

Bishop João dos Prazeres, O.F.M.
(1683.03.08 – 1685.02.01)

Died:

1685.02.01

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1683.03.08 – 1685.02.01)

Bishop Lourenço de Castro, O.P.
(1671.05.18 – 1681.12.01)

Died:

1684.08.13

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1671.05.18 – 1681.12.01)

Bishop of Miranda (Portugal) (1681.12.01 – 1684.08.13)

Bishop António da Ressurreição
(1635 – 1637.04.08)

Consecrated Bishop:	1635.07.10
Died:	1637.04.08

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1635 – 1637.04.08)

Bishop João Pimenta de Abreu
(1626.01.02 – 1632.12.28)

Born:	(Portugal)
Died:	1632.12.28

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1626.01.02 – 1632.12.28)

Bishop Pedro da Costa
(1623 – 1625.09.09)

Died:

1625.09.09

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1623 – 1625.09.09)

Bishop Agostinho Ribeiro
(1613.07.29 – 1621.07.12)

Died:

1621.07.12

Bishop of Ceuta y Tánger (Spain) (1603.08.27 – 1613.07.29)

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1613.07.29 – 1621.07.12)

Bishop Jerónimo Teixeira Cabral
(1600 – 1612.05.14)

Died:

1614

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1600 – 1612.05.14)

Bishop of Miranda (Portugal) (1612.05.14 – 1614)

Bishop Manuel de Gouveia
(1584 – 1596.11.04)

Died:

1596.11.04

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1584 – 1596.11.04)

Bishop Pedro de Castilho
(1578.07.04 – 1583.06.03)

Born:	(Portugal)
Died:	1613.03.31

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1578.07.04 – 1583.06.03)

Bishop of Leiria (Portugal) (1583.06.03 – 1604)

Bishop Gaspar de Faria
(1571 – 1576.03.19)

Died:

1576.03.19

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1571 – 1576.03.19)

Bishop Nuno Álvares Pereira
(1568 – 1570.08.20)

Died:

1570.08.20

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1568 – 1570.08.20)

Bishop Manuel de Almada
(1564 – 1567.09.26)

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1564 – 1567.09.26)

Bishop Jorge de Santiago
(1552.08.24 – 1561.10.26)

Died:

1561.10.26

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1552.08.24 – 1561.10.26)

Bishop Rodrigo Pinheiro
(1540.09.24 – 1552)

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1540.09.24 – 1552)

Bishop of Porto (Portugal) (1552 – 1572)

Bishop Agostinho Ribeiro
(1534.11.05 – 1540)

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1534.11.05 – 1540)

Bishop of Lamego (Portugal) (1540 – 1549)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop João Evangelista Pimentel Lavrador (68) (2015.09.29 – 2016.03.15)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Aurélio Granada Escudeiro (1974.03.18 – 1979.06.30)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Manuel Alfonso de Carvalho (1953.02.10 – 1957.06.17)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Francisco Maria do Prado Lacerda (1886.02.16 – 1889.01.27)

Diocese of

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