Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga - List of Archbishops of Braga

List of Archbishops of Braga

1. Pedro I de Braga (1071–1091)
2. Geraldo de Moissac (1096–1108)
3. Maurício Burdino (1109–1118)
4. Paio Mendes (1118–1137)
5. João Peculiar (João I) (1139–1175)
6. Godinho (1176–1188)
7. Martinho (I) Pires (1189–1209)
8. Pedro (II) Mendes (1209–1212), elected
9. Estêvão Soares da Silva (1213–1228)
10. Sancho (I) (1229)
11. Silvestre Godinho (1229–1240)
12. Gualtério (1240–1245)
13. João (II) Egas (1245–1251)
14. Sancho (II) (1251–1265)
15. Martinho (II) Geraldes (1265–1271)
16. Pedro Julião (Pedro III) (1272–1274), elected
17. Sancho (III) (1275)
18. Ordonho Alvares (Cardinal) (1275–1278)
19. Telo (1279–1292)
20. Martinho Pires de Oliveira (Martinho III) (1295–1313)
21. João Martins de Soalhães (João III) (1313–1325), former Bishop of Lisboa
22. Gonçalo (Gonçalves) Pereira (1326–1348), former Bishop of Évora and Bishop of Lisboa
23. Guilherme de la Garde (1349–1361)
24. João (IV) de Cardaillac (1361–1371)
25. Vasco (1371–1372), former Bishop of Lisboa
26. Martinho de Zamora (Martinho IV) (1372), elected, not confirmed by the Pope. also Bishop of Silves and Bishop of Lisboa
27. Lourenço Vicente (1374–1397)
28. João (V) Garcia (1397–1398)
29. Martinho Afonso de Miranda, or Martinho Afonso da Charneca, (Martinho V) (1398–1416), former Bishop of Coimbra
30. Fernando da Guerra (1417–1467), former Bishop of Algarve and Bishop of Porto
31. Luís (I) Pires (1468–1480)
32. João (VI) de Melo (1481)
33. João Galvão (João VII) (1482–1485), elected, also Bishop of Coimbra, Count of Arganil
34. Jorge Vaz da Costa (Jorge II) (1486–1501)
35. Jorge da Costa (Jorge III), (Cardinal) (1501–1505), known as Cardinal of Alpedrinha, administered the Diocese from Rome
36. Diogo de Sousa (Diogo I) (1505–1532)
37. Henrique I de Portugal, (King of Portugal, Cardinal) (1533–1540)
38. Diogo (II) da Silva, O.F.M. (1540–1541)
39. Duarte de Portugal (1542–1543)
40. Manuel (I) de Sousa (1545–1549)
41. Frei Baltasar Limpo (1550–1558)
42. Bartolomeu dos Mártires, O.P. (1559–1581)
43. João (VIII) Afonso de Menezes (1581–1587)
44. Agostinho de Jesus (1588–1609), born Pedro de Castro
45. Aleixo de Menezes (1612–1617)
46. Afonso Furtado de Mendonça (1618–1626), also Bishop of Guarda, Bishop of Coimbra, Count of Arganil, Archbishop of Lisboa and Viceroy of Portugal
47. Rodrigo da Cunha (Rodrigo I) (1627–1635), also Archbishop of Lisboa
48. Sebastião de Matos de Noronha (1635–1641), also Bishop of Elvas; suspect of plotting against John IV of Portugal
49. Pedro de Lencastre (Pedro IV) (1654–1670), not confirmed by the Pope, former Bishop of Guarda and Archbishop of Évora, later Duke of Aveiro
50. Veríssimo de Lencastre (1670–1677)
51. Luís de Sousa (Luís II) (1677–1690)
52. José de Menezes (José I) (1690–1696)
53. João de Sousa (João IX) (1696–1703), later Archbishop of Lisboa
54. Rodrigo de Moura Teles (Rodrigo II) (1704–1728)
55. João da Mota e Silva, (Cardinal) (1732), elected, not confirmed by the Pope
56. José de Bragança (1741–1756)
57. Gaspar of Braganza, Archbishop of Braga (1758–1789)
58. Caetano Brandão, T.O.R. (1790–1805)
59. José da Costa Torres (José III) (1807–1813)
60. Miguel da Madre de Deus da Cruz, O.F.M. (1815–1827)
61. Pedro Paulo de Figueiredo da Cunha e Melo (Pedro V) (1843–1855)
62. José Joaquim de Azevedo e Moura (José IV) (1856–1876)
63. João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa (João X), O.F.M. (1876–1883)
64. António José de Freitas Honorato (António I) (1883–1898)
65. Manuel Baptista da Costa (Manuel II) (1899–1913)
66. Manuel Vieira de Matos (Manuel III) (1915–1932)
67. António Bento Martins Júnior (António II) (1933–1963)
68. Francisco Maria da Silva (1963–1977)
69. Eurico Dias Nogueira (1977–1999)
70. Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga (Jorge IV) (1999 - )