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THE SEE AND ITS HISTORY The diocese of Lisbon was created in the 4th Century , but it lay vacant after 716 when the city was captured by the Moors . The diocese was restored when the city was recaptured by Alfonso I Of Portugal during the Second Crusade (see Siege Of Lisbon ). It was elevated first to an Archdiocese on November 10 , 1394 , and then to a patriarchal see on November 7 , 1716 . There are over two million people living in 282 Parish es within the see, 85% of whom are Catholic. The suffragan dioceses of the see are Angra , Funchal , Guarda , Leiria - Fátima , Portalegre - Castelo Branco , Santarém , and Setúbal . The former diocese of Silva, comprising the Algarve, was only transferred from the Spanish province of Sevilla in 1393. The other Portuguese archbishopric, Braga in the north, is older: 1104, and claimed to be the primate over all Portugal and northwest Spain (including Santiago archbishopric).
The See of Lisbon dates from early Christian times, and tradition has enshrined the names of its bishops as far back as the sub-Apostolic epoch. It seems certain that a St. Potamius, who took part in the Council of Rimini (356), was Bishop of Lisbon. Other bishops are mentioned up to the year 716 when Lisbon passed into the hands of the Moors and the see reamined vacant till 1147. Before the Moorish conquest the diocese was suffragan of Merida; the liberation under Alfonso I took place in 1147, and in 1199 Lisbon was made suffragan of Compostela. At the request of King John I, Pope Boniface IX, by Bull dated 10 November, 1394, erected Lisbon into an archdiocese and gave it as suffragans, Coimbra, Leiria, Guarda, Evora, and Silves (in 1396, however, Evora was detached by the same pope) and the first archbishop was John Anes. Among his more famous successors were Roderiguez da Cunha (1636) and Cardinal Luiz da Souza (1676). 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, Clement XI 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 in that same year, yielding to the request of John V, he issued the Bull "In Supremo Apostolatus Solio" (22 Oct., 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 town of Lisbon 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 a saintly man, Thomas d'Almeyda, formerly Bishop of Porto, and he was raised to the cardinalate 20 Dec., 1737. There thus existed side by side in the city of Lisbon two metropolitical churches. To obviate the inconvenience of this arrangement Benedict XIV (13 Dec., 1740) united East and West Lisbon into one single archdiocese under Patriarch d'Almeyda, who ruled the see until 1754. The double chapter however remained until 1843, when the old cathedral chapter was dissolved by Gregory XVI. It was during the patriarchate of Cardinal d'Almeyda (1746) that the famous chapel of Saint John the Baptist, now in the church of São Roque, was built in Rome at the expense of King John V, and consecrated by Pope Benedict XIV. 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 Sept., 1881 the metropolitan of Lisbon claimed as suffragans the Dioceses of Angola, St. James of Cape Verde, San Thomé, Egitan, Portalegre, Angra, Funchal (on Madeira). The archdiocese comprised the civil districts of Lisbon and Santarem, and has a Catholic population of 728,739. The estimated number of Protestants and Jews is 5000. The total number of parishes is 341, of priests 662, and of churches and chapels 1555. The present patriarch is Antonio Mendes Bello, who was born at Gouvea in the Diocese of Guarda in June, 1842, appointed Archbishop of Mitylene 24 March, 1884, translated to Faro 13 Nov., 1884, and appointed patriarch of Lisbon, 19 Dec., 1907, in succession to Cardinal Neto, who resigned. The patriarch is assisted by an auxiliary bishop, Mgr. José Alves de Mattos, titular Archbishop of Mitylene. Cardinal Neto, the ex-patriarch, was born at Lagos in the Diocese of Faro, 8 Feb., 1841; was ordained in 1863; joined the Order of Friars Minor in 1875; was appointed Bishop of Angola and Congo in 1879; became Patriarch of Lisbon in 1883; was named Cardinal of the Title of the Twelve Apostles, 24 March, 1884, and at present ranks as senior cardinal priest. He resigned his patriarchate in November, 1907, and retired to a convent of his own order in Lisbon. In 1624 a college for English students desiring to study for the priesthood and for mission work in England, was founded in Lisbon by Pietro Catinho, a member of an illustrious family. It is known as SS. Peter and Paul's and has the same rights and privileges as the English College, Rome. It suffered severely from the earthquake of 1755, but continues its work to this day, and is now governed by Monsignor Hilton, who was born in 1825; educated at Lisbon; ordained 1850; served some time on the mission in the Diocese of Shrewsbury, England; made a domestic prelate in 1881; and returned to Lisbon as president in 1883. A college for Irish students was founded by royal charter in 1593; it escaped all injury from the earthquake, but was closed during the civil wars in Portugal in the nineteenth century and has never been reopened. A convent of Irish Dominican monks and another of Irish Dominican nuns exist in Lisbon to this day. PRECURSORS IN THE SEE Bishops of Lisbon # St. Potamius (''c.'' 356 ) # Saint Gens # Paul ( 589 ) # Goma ( 610 ) # Viaric ( 633 , 636 , 638 ) # Nefrigius or Nefredus ( 646 ) # Cesarius ( 656 ) # Theodoric ( 666 ) # Ara ( 683 ) # Landericus ( 688 , 693 ) # Ildefonso ( 8th Centurt ; ''vacant'' between 716 - 1147 ) # Gilbert Of Hastings ( 1147 - 1163 ) # Álvaro ( 1164 - 1184 ) # Soeiro (I) ( 1885 - 1210 ) # Soeiro (II) Viegas ( 1210 - 1232 ) # Vincent ( 1233 ) # Paio Pais ( 1234 ) # João (I) Falberto ( 1234 ) # Estêvão (I) Gomes ( 1234 - 1237 ) # João (II) ( 1239 - 1241 ) # Richard Wiliam ( 1241 ) # Airas Vasques ( 1241 - 1258 ) # Mathew ( 1258 - 1282 ) # Estêvão (II) Anes de Vasconcelos ( 1282 - 1290 ) # Domingos Anes Jardo ( 1290 - 1293 ) # João (III) Martins de Soalhães ( 1294 - 1313 ) # Friar Estevão (III) ( 1313 - 1322 ) # Gonzalo Pereira ( 1322 - 1326 ) # João(IV) Afonso de Brito ( 1326 - 1342 ) # Vasco Martins ( 1342 - 1344 ) # Stephen (IV) de la Garde ( 1344 - 1348 ) # Thibaud de Castillon ( 1348 - 1356 ) # Reginald de Maubernard ( 1356 - 1358 ) # Lourenço Rodrigues ( 1359 - 1364 ) # Pedro Gomes Barroso ( 1364 - 1369 ) # Ferdinand Álvares ( 1369 - 1371 ) # Vasco ( 1371 ) # Agapito Colonna ( 1371 - 1378 ) # John (V) de Agoult ( 1379 ), nominee by the Roman Pope ; therefore bishop of Aix-en-Provence # Martinho ( 1379 - 1383 ), nominee by the Antipope in Avignon ; murdered by the people during the 1383-1385 Crisis # João (VI) Guterres ( 1381 - 1382 ), nominee by the Roman Pope , therefore, bishop of Dax , Gascony # João (VII) Anes (''c.'' 1383 - 1394 ) Archbishops of Lisbon # João (I) Anes ( 1394 - 1402 ), cardinal # João (II) Afonso Da Azambuja ( 1402 - 1415 ), cardinal # Diogo Álvares de Brito ( 1418 - 1422 ), not effective # Pedro de Noronha ( 1424 - 1452 # Luís Coutinho ( 1452 - 1453 ) # Jaime ''Cardinal'' Of Portugal ( 1455 - 1459 ) # Afonso (I) Nogueira ( 1459 - 1464 ) # Jorge ''Cardinal'' Da Costa ( 1464 - 1500 ), ''Cardinal of Alpedrinha'' # Martinho da Costa ( 1500 - 1521 ) # Infant Afonso (II) ''Cardinal'' de Portugal ( 1523 - 1540 ) # Fernando de Menezes Coutinho e Vasconcelos ( 1540 - 1564 ) # Infant Henry ''Cardinal'' Of Portugal ( 1564 - 1570 ) # Jorge de Almeida ( 1570 - 1585 ) # Miguel de Castro ( 1586 - 1625 ), also Bishop Of Viseu # Afonso (III) Furtado de Mendonça ( 1626 - 1630 ) # João (III) Manuel ( 1632 - 1633 ) # Rodrigo Da Cunha ( 1635 - 1643 ) # António de Mendonça ( 1670 - 1675 ) # Luís De Sousa ( 1675 - 1702 ), cardinal # João (IV) de Sousa ( 1703 - 1710 ), also Arcebishop Of Braga PATRIARCHS OF LISBON
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