Date | Recent Events |
2025.03.16 | Fr. José Miguel Barata Pereira was consecrated as Bishop of Guarda (Portugal) |
2025.02.16 | Fr. Rui Augusto Jardim Gouveia was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Aradi and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal) |
2025.01.26 | Fr. Sérgio Manuel Ribeiro Dinis was consecrated as Military Ordinary of Portugal (Portugal) |
2024.12.20 | Fr. José Miguel Barata Pereira, Priest of Lisboa (Portugal), was elected Bishop of Guarda (Portugal) Bishop Manuel da Rocha Felício resigned as Bishop of Guarda (Portugal) |
2024.12.10 | Bishop Joaquim Augusto da Silva Mendes, S.D.B., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal) Fr. Rui Augusto Jardim Gouveia, Priest of Setúbal (Portugal), was elected Titular Bishop of Aradi and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal) |
2024.11.22 | Patriarch Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Portugal (Portugal) Fr. Sérgio Manuel Ribeiro Dinis, Priest of Vila Real (Portugal), was elected Military Ordinary of Portugal (Portugal) |
2024.10.06 | Cardinal José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça resigned as Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Lateran University |
2024.07.21 | Fr. Alexandre Coutinho Lopes de Brito Palma was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Tepelta and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal) Fr. Nuno Isidro Nunes Cordeiro was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Sebarga and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal) |
2024.07.07 | Fr. Fernando Maio de Paiva was consecrated as Bishop of Beja (Portugal) |
2024.06.14 | Fr. Alexandre Coutinho Lopes de Brito Palma, Priest of Lisboa (Portugal), was elected Titular Bishop of Tepelta and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal) Fr. Nuno Isidro Nunes Cordeiro, Priest of Lisboa (Portugal), was elected Titular Bishop of Sebarga and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal) |
2024.04 | Cardinal José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça, Prefect of Dicastery for Culture and Education, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Gregorian University, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Biblical Institute (Biblicum), was appointed as Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Lateran University |
2024.03.21 | Bishop José dos Santos Marcos resigned as Bishop of Beja (Portugal) Fr. Fernando Maio de Paiva, Priest of Setúbal (Portugal), was elected Bishop of Beja (Portugal) |
2023.12.03 | Cardinal Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana |
2023.09.30 | Bishop Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar, Bishop of Setúbal (Portugal), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana |
2023.09.21 | Bishop Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar, Titular Bishop of Dagnum and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal), was appointed as Bishop of Setúbal (Portugal) |
2023.08.30 | Archbishop José Avelino Bettencourt, Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia and Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroon and Apostolic Nuncio to Equatorial Guinea |
2023.08.10 | Cardinal Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente resigned as Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal) Bishop Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M., Military Ordinary of Portugal (Portugal), was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Portugal (Portugal) and Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal) |
2023.07.23 | Fr. Roberto Rosmaninho Mariz was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Vita and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto (Portugal) |
2023.07.16 | Fr. Joaquim Proença Dionísio was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Parthenia and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto (Portugal) |
2023.05.26 | Bishop Pio Gonçalo Alves de Sousa resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Porto (Portugal) Fr. Joaquim Proença Dionísio, Priest of Lamego (Portugal), was elected Titular Bishop of Parthenia and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto (Portugal) Fr. Roberto Rosmaninho Mariz, Priest of Braga (Portugal), was elected Titular Bishop of Vita and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto (Portugal) |
2023.05.19 | Bishop Nuno Manuel dos Santos Almeida, Titular Bishop of Ruspæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Braga (Portugal), was appointed as Bishop of Bragança–Miranda (Portugal) |
2023.03.22 | Bishop Nuno Brás da Silva Martins, Bishop of Funchal (Portugal), was appointed as Vice-President of Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community |
2023.03.16 | Bishop José Francisco Moreira dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Uíje (Angola), passed away at 94 |
2022.12.04 | Fr. Delfim Jorge Esteves Gomes was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Dume and Auxiliary Bishop of Braga (Portugal) |
2022.11.26 | Bishop Carlos Alberto de Pinho Moreira Azevedo was appointed as Delegate of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences |
2022.11.04 | Bishop Daniel Batalha Henriques, Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal), passed away at 56 Bishop Armando Esteves Domingues, Titular Bishop of Centenaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Porto (Portugal), was appointed as Bishop of Angra (Portugal) |
2022.10.07 | Fr. Delfim Jorge Esteves Gomes, Priest of Bragança–Miranda (Portugal), was elected Titular Bishop of Dume and Auxiliary Bishop of Braga (Portugal) |
2022.09.26 | Cardinal José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça, Archivist of Vatican Apostolic Archive and Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library, was appointed as Prefect of Dicastery for Culture and Education, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Gregorian University, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Biblical Institute (Biblicum) |
2022.09.01 | Fr. Nuno da Silva Gonçalves, S.J., resigned as Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University |
2022.08.22 | Bishop António de Sousa Braga, S.C.I., Bishop emeritus of Angra (Portugal), passed away at 81 |
2022.07.13 | Bishop Manuel António Mendes dos Santos, C.M.F., resigned as Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe (São Tomé and Príncipe) |
2022.06.18 | Fr. Ángel Marina Álvarez, O.P., and 19 companions were beatified |
2022.06.13 | Fra’ Ruy Gonçalo do Valle, S.M.O.M., resigned as Lieutenant ad interim of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta) |
2022.06.07 | Fra’ Ruy Gonçalo do Valle, S.M.O.M., was appointed as Lieutenant ad interim of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta) |
2022.06.05 | Bishop Carlos Alberto de Pinho Moreira Azevedo resigned as Delegate of Pontifical Council for Culture |
2022.03.04 | Cardinal Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Domenico di Guzmán, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Domenico di Guzmán pro hac vice Title |
2022.01.28 | Cardinal António Augusto dos Santos Marto resigned as Bishop of Leiria–Fátima (Portugal) Bishop José Ornelas Carvalho, S.C.I., Bishop of Setúbal (Portugal) and President of Episcopal Conference of Portugal, was appointed as Bishop of Leiria–Fátima (Portugal) |
2021.12.03 | Archbishop Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal) Bishop José Manuel Garcia Cordeiro, Bishop of Bragança–Miranda (Portugal), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal) |
2021.09.21 | Bishop João Evangelista Pimentel Lavrador, Bishop of Angra (Portugal), was appointed as Bishop of Viana do Castelo (Portugal) |
2021.03.16 | Bishop David Dias Pimentel, Bishop emeritus of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil), passed away at 79 |
2020.11.08 | Fra’ Ruy Gonçalo do Valle Peixoto de Villas Boas, S.M.O.M., resigned as Lieutenant ad interim of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta) |
2020.10.14 | Bishop José Augusto Martins Fernandes Pedreira, Bishop emeritus of Viana do Castelo (Portugal), passed away at 85 |
2020.09.26 | Fr. Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C., was consecrated as Bishop of Balsas (Brazil) |
2020.09.18 | Bishop Anacleto Cordeiro Gonçalves de Oliveira, Bishop of Viana do Castelo (Portugal), passed away at 74 |
2020.07.29 | Fr. Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C., was elected Bishop of Balsas (Brazil) |
2020.06.16 | Cardinal António Augusto dos Santos Marto resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Portugal Cardinal Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Portugal Bishop Virgilio do Nascimento Antunes, Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Portugal Bishop José Ornelas Carvalho, S.C.I., Bishop of Setúbal (Portugal), was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Portugal |
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