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List of Portuguese cardinals

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Henry of Portugal, both cardinal and King of Portugal

The following is a list of Portuguese cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church, ordered by years of consistory.

Throughout history, 46 Portuguese prelates were elevated to the cardinalate. This list includes 5 cardinal bishops, 36 cardinal priests and 5 cardinal deacons.

Two Portuguese cardinals ascended to the Papal and Portuguese thrones, respectively: Pedro Hispano was elected Pope in 1276, under the name of John XXI, and Cardinal Henry of Portugal was acclaimed King of Portugal in 1578.

# Picture Name Lifespan Consistories and titles Coat of arms
1 Gil Júlio Rebolo (Magister Egidius) 13th century Pope Innocent III
Cardinal-Deacon (title unknown)
2 Paio Galvão 1165–1230
(† 65 years)
1205 Pope Innocent III
Cardinal deacon of Santa Lucia in Silice
1210 Pope Innocent III
Cardinal priest of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
1212 Pope Innocent III
cardinal bishop of Albano
3 Pedro Julião,
later Pope John XXI[1]
1215–1277
(† 62 years)
1273 Pope Gregory X
Cardinal bishop of Frascati
(1273–1276)
4 Ordonho Álvares 1198–1285
(† 87 years)
1278 Pope Nicholas III
Cardinal bishop of Frascati
5 Pedro da Fonseca[2] 14th century–1422 1409 Antipope Benedict XIII
1419 Pope Martin V
Cardinal deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria
6 João Afonso Esteves de Azambuja 1340–1415
(† 75 years)
1411 Pope Gregory XII
Cardinal priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
7 Antão Martins de Chaves ?–1447 1439 Pope Eugene IV
Cardinal priest of San Crisogono
8 Infante Jaime of Portugal 1433–1459
(† 25 years)
1456 Pope Calixtus III
Cardinal deacon of Sant'Eustachio
9 Jorge da Costa
(Cardinal de Alpedrinha)[3]
1406–1508
(† 102 years)
1476 (in pectore)
1476 Pope Sixtus IV (revealed)
Cardinal priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro al Laterano
1491 Pope Innocent VIII
Cardinal bishop of Albano
10 Infante Afonso of Portugal 1509–1540
(† 30 years)
1517 Pope Leo X
Cardinal deacon (no title assigned)
1525 Pope Clement VII
Cardinal deacon of Santa Lucia in Septisolio
1535 Pope Paul III
Cardinal priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio
11 Miguel da Silva 1480–1556
(† 76 years)
1539 (in pectore)
1541 Pope Paul III (revealed)
Cardinal priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
12 Infante Henry of Portugal,
later King Henry I of Portugal[4]
1512–1580
(† 68 years)
1545 Pope Paul III
Cardinal priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
13 Veríssimo de Lencastre
(Cardinal de Lencastre)
1615–1692
(† 77 years)
1686 Pope Innocent XI
Cardinal priest (no title assigned)
14 Luís de Sousa 1630–1702
(† 71 years)
1697 Pope Innocent XII
Cardinal priest (no title assigned)
15 Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde 1664–1750
(† 85 years)
1712 Pope Clement XI
Cardinal priest of Sant'Anastasia
16 José Pereira de Lacerda 1662–1738
(† 76 years)
1719 Pope Clement XI
Cardinal priest of Santa Susanna
17 João da Mota e Silva
(Cardinal da Mota)
1685–1747
(† 62 years)
1727 Pope Benedict XIII
Cardinal priest (no title assigned)
18 Tomás de Almeida 1670–1754
(† 83 years)
1737 Pope Clement XII
Cardinal priest (no title assigned)
19 José Manuel da Câmara de Atalaia 1686–1758
(† 71 years)
1747 Pope Benedict XIV
Cardinal priest (no title assigned)
20 Francisco de Saldanha da Gama 1723–1776
(† 53 years)
1756 Pope Benedict XIV
Cardinal deacon (no title assigned)
1759 Pope Clement XIII
Cardinal priest (no title assigned)
21 Paulo António de Carvalho e Mendonça 1702–1770
(† 68 years)
1769 (in pectore)
1770 Pope Clement XIV (revealed)
Cardinal deacon (no title assigned)
22 Friar João Cosme da Cunha
OCSA
(Cardinal da Cunha)
1715–1783
(† 67 years)
1770 Pope Clement XIV
Cardinal priest (no title assigned)
23 Fernando de Sousa e Silva 1712–1786
(† 68 years)
1778 Pope Pius VI
Cardinal priest (no title assigned)
24 José Francisco Miguel António de Mendonça 1725–1808
(† 82 years)
1788 Pope Pius VI
Cardinal priest (no title assigned)
25 Miguel Carlos José de Noronha e Silva Abranches 1744–1803
(† 58 years)
1803 Pope Pius VII
Cardinal deacon (no title assigned)
26 Carlos da Cunha e Meneses 1759–1825
(† 82 years)
1819 Pope Pius VII
Cardinal priest (no title assigned)
27 Friar Patrício da Silva
OESA
1756–1840
(† 83 years)
1824 Pope Leo XII
Cardinal priest (no title assigned)
28 Friar Francisco de São Luís Saraiva
OSB
(Cardinal Saraiva)
1766–1845
(† 79 years)
1843 Pope Gregory XVI
Cardinal priest (no title assigned)
29 Guilherme Henriques de Carvalho 1793–1857
(† 64 years)
1846 Pope Gregory XVI
Cardinal priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
30 Pedro Paulo de Figueiredo da Cunha e Melo 1770–1855
(† 85 years)
1850 Pope Pius IX
Cardinal priest (no title assigned)
31 Manuel Bento Rodrigues da Silva
CSJE
1800–1869
(† 68 years)
1858 Pope Pius IX
Cardinal priest (no title assigned)
32 Inácio do Nascimento Morais Cardoso 1811–1883
(† 71 years)
1873 Pope Pius IX
Cardinal priest of Santi Nereo e Achilleo
33 Américo Ferreira dos Santos Silva 1829–1899
(† 70 years)
1879 Pope Leo XIII
Cardinal priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
34 Friar José Sebastião de Almeida Neto
OFM
1841–1920
(† 79 years)
1884 Pope Leo XIII
Cardinal priest of Santi XII Apostoli
35 António Mendes Bello 1842–1929
(† 87 years)
1911 (in pectore)
1914 Pope Pius X (revealed)
Cardinal priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro
36 Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira
(Cardinal Cerejeira)
1888–1977
(† 88 years)
1929 Pope Pius XI
Cardinal priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro
37 Teodósio Clemente de Gouveia 1889–1962
(† 72 years)
1946 Pope Pius XII
Cardinal priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
38 José da Costa Nunes 1880–1976
(† 96 years)
1962 Pope John XXIII
Cardinal priest of Santa Prisca
39 António Ribeiro 1928–1998
(† 69 years)
1973 Pope Paul VI
Cardinal priest of Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana
40 Humberto Sousa Medeiros 1915–1983
(† 67 years)
1973 Pope Paul VI
Cardinal priest of Santa Susanna
41 José Saraiva Martins
CMF
1932
(92 years)
2001 Pope John Paul II
Cardinal deacon of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore
2009 Pope Benedict XVI
Cardinal bishop of Palestrina
42 José da Cruz Policarpo 1936–2014
(† 78 years)
2001 Pope John Paul II
Cardinal priest of Sant'Antonio in Campo Marzio
43 Manuel Monteiro de Castro 1938 (86 years) 2012 Pope Benedict XVI
Cardinal deacon de San Domenico di Guzmán
2012 Pope Francis
Cardinal priest of San Domenico di Guzmán pro hac vice
44 Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente 1948
(76 years)
2015 Pope Francis
Cardinal priest of Sant'Antonio in Campo Marzio
45 António Augusto dos Santos Marto 1947
(77 years)
2018 Pope Francis
Cardinal priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
46 José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça 1965
(58 years)
2019 Pope Francis
Cardinal deacon of Santi Domenico e Sisto
47 Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar 1973
(50 years)
2023 Francisco
Cardinal priest of Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana

References

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  1. ^ Richard P. McBrien, Lives of the Popes, (HarperCollins, 1997), 222.
  2. ^ Poggio Bracciolini, Two Renaissance book hunters, Trans. Phyllis Goodhart Gordan, (Columbia University Press, 1991), 238.
  3. ^ Miranda, Salvador. "COSTA, Jorge da (1406-1508)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621.
  4. ^ Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church: Enrique de Portugal; Henry's brother Alonso had also been made a cardinal, in 1517 at the age of eight. (Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church: Alonso de Portugal).