Roman Catholic Diocese of Elvas

The Diocese of Elvas was a Roman Catholic diocese in Portugal, located in the city Elvas, district of Portalegre in the Alentejo region and in the ecclesiastical province of Évora.^[1][2]

History

9 June 1570: Erected as Diocese of Elvas / Dioecesis Elvensis^[1]

1818 September 30: Suppressed (to Diocese of Portalegre)^[1]

1969: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Elvas^[2]

Ordinaries

• António de Matos de Noronha (20 Nov 1591 - 16 Nov 1610 Died)
• Rui Pires da Veiga (22 Oct 1612 - 7 Mar 1616 Died)
• Lourenço de Távora, O.F.M. (18 Sep 1617 - 1625 Resigned)
• Sebastião de Matos de Noronha (16 Mar 1626 - 9 Jun 1636 Confirmed, Archbishop of Braga)
• Manuel da Cunha (14 Jun 1638 - 30 Nov 1658 Died)
• João de Melo (1 Jul 1671 - 17 Jul 1673 Appointed, Bishop of Viseu)
• Alexander da Silva (18 Dec 1673 - 3 Feb 1681 Died)
• Valerio de São Raimundo, O.P. (11 Jan 1683 - 29 Jul 1689 Died)
• Jerónimo Soares (6 Mar 1690 - 30 Aug 1694 Appointed, Bishop of Viseu)
• Bento de Beja Noronha (11 Oct 1694 - 30 Nov 1700 Died)
• António Pereira da Silva (8 Aug 1701 - 15 Sep 1704 Confirmed, Bishop of Faro)
• Pedro de Lencastre, O. Cist. (25 Jan 1706 - 27 Sep 1713 Died)
• Fernando de Faro (7 May 1714 - 14 Oct 1714 Died)
• João de Sousa de Castelo-Branco (13 Jan 1716 - 17 Mar 1728 Died)
• Pedro de Villas Boas e Sampaio (26 Nov 1742 - 14 Jun 1743 Died)
• Baltazar de Faria Villas-Boas (29 Jul 1743 - 30 Jul 1757 Died)
• Lourenço de Lencastre (28 May 1759 - 18 Sep 1780 Confirmed, Bishop of Leiria)
• João Teixeira de Carvalho (18 Sep 1780 - 22 Apr 1792 Died)
• Diego de Jesus Jardim, O.S.H. (21 Feb 1794 - 30 May 1796 Died)
• José da Costa e Torres (22 Jun 1796 - 26 Aug 1806 Confirmed, Archbishop of Braga)
• José Joaquim da Cunha Azeredo Coutinho (6 Oct 1806 - 20 May 1820 Resigned)
• Joaquim de Meneses e Ataide, O.E.S.A. (29 May 1820 - 5 Nov 1828 Died)
• Ângelo de Nossa Senhora da Boa-Morte, O.F.M. (17 Dec 1832 - 27 Jul 1852 Died)

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