List of Portuguese cardinals

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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.

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|Gil Júlio Rebolo (Magister Egidius)

|13th century

|Pope Innocent III Cardinal-Deacon (title unknown)

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|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

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|Pedro Julião, later Pope John XXI

|1215–1277 († 62 years)

|1273 Pope Gregory X Cardinal bishop of Frascati (1273–1276)

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|Pedro da Fonseca

|14th century–1422

|1409 Antipope Benedict XIII 1419 Pope Martin V Cardinal deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria

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|João Afonso Esteves de Azambuja

|1340–1415 († 75 years)

|1411 Pope Gregory XII Cardinal priest of San Pietro in Vincoli

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|Antão Martins de Chaves

|?–1447

|1439 Pope Eugene IV Cardinal priest of San Crisogono

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|Infante Jaime of Portugal

|1433–1459 († 25 years)

|1456 Pope Calixtus III Cardinal deacon of Sant'Eustachio

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|Jorge da Costa (Cardinal de Alpedrinha)

|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

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|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

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|Miguel da Silva

|1480–1556 († 76 years)

|1539 (in pectore) 1541 Pope Paul III (revealed) Cardinal priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere

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|11

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|Infante Henry of Portugal, later King Henry I of Portugal

|1512–1580 († 68 years)

|1545 Pope Paul III Cardinal priest of Santi Quattro Coronati

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|Veríssimo de Lencastre (Cardinal de Lencastre)

|1615–1692 († 77 years)

|1686 Pope Innocent XI Cardinal priest (no title assigned)

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|Luís de Sousa

|1630–1702 († 71 years)

|1697 Pope Innocent XII Cardinal priest (no title assigned)

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|Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde

|1664–1750 († 85 years)

|1712 Pope Clement XI Cardinal priest of Sant'Anastasia

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|José Pereira de Lacerda

|1662–1738 († 76 years)

|1719 Pope Clement XI Cardinal priest of Santa Susanna

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|João da Mota e Silva (Cardinal da Mota)

|1685–1747 († 62 years)

|1727 Pope Benedict XIII Cardinal priest (no title assigned)

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|Tomás de Almeida

|1670–1754 († 83 years)

|1737 Pope Clement XII Cardinal priest (no title assigned)

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|José Manuel da Câmara de Atalaia

|1686–1758 († 71 years)

|1747 Pope Benedict XIV Cardinal priest (no title assigned)

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|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)

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|Paulo António de Carvalho e Mendonça

|1702–1770 († 68 years)

|1769 (in pectore) 1770 Pope Clement XIV (revealed) Cardinal deacon (no title assigned)

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|Friar João Cosme da Cunha (Cardinal da Cunha)

|1715–1783 († 67 years)

|1770 Pope Clement XIV Cardinal priest (no title assigned)

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|Fernando de Sousa e Silva

|1712–1786 († 68 years)

|1778 Pope Pius VI Cardinal priest (no title assigned)

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|José Francisco Miguel António de Mendonça

|1725–1808 († 82 years)

|1788 Pope Pius VI Cardinal priest (no title assigned)

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|Miguel Carlos José de Noronha e Silva Abranches

|1744–1803 († 58 years)

|1803 Pope Pius VII Cardinal deacon (no title assigned)

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|Carlos da Cunha e Meneses

|1759–1825 († 82 years)

|1819 Pope Pius VII Cardinal priest (no title assigned)

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|Friar Patrício da Silva

|1756–1840 († 83 years)

|1824 Pope Leo XII Cardinal priest (no title assigned)

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|Friar Francisco de São Luís Saraiva (Cardinal Saraiva)

|1766–1845 († 79 years)

|1843 Pope Gregory XVI Cardinal priest (no title assigned)

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|Guilherme Henriques de Carvalho

|1793–1857 († 64 years)

|1846 Pope Gregory XVI Cardinal priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva

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|Pedro Paulo de Figueiredo da Cunha e Melo

|1770–1855 († 85 years)

|1850 Pope Pius IX Cardinal priest (no title assigned)

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|Manuel Bento Rodrigues da Silva CSJE

|1800–1869 († 68 years)

|1858 Pope Pius IX Cardinal priest (no title assigned)

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|31

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|Inácio do Nascimento Morais Cardoso

|1811–1883 († 71 years)

|1873 Pope Pius IX Cardinal priest of Santi Nereo e Achilleo

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|Américo Ferreira dos Santos Silva

|1829–1899 († 70 years)

|1879 Pope Leo XIII Cardinal priest of Santi Quattro Coronati

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|Friar José Sebastião de Almeida Neto

|1841–1920 († 79 years)

|1884 Pope Leo XIII Cardinal priest of Santi XII Apostoli

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|António Mendes Bello

|1842–1929 († 87 years)

|1911 (in pectore) 1914 Pope Pius X (revealed) Cardinal priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro

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|Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira (Cardinal Cerejeira)

|1888–1977 († 88 years)

|1929 Pope Pius XI Cardinal priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro

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|Teodósio Clemente de Gouveia

|1889–1962 († 72 years)

|1946 Pope Pius XII Cardinal priest of San Pietro in Vincoli

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|José da Costa Nunes

|1880–1976 († 96 years)

|1962 Pope John XXIII Cardinal priest of Santa Prisca

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|António Ribeiro

|1928–1998 († 69 years)

|1973 Pope Paul VI Cardinal priest of Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana

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|Humberto Sousa Medeiros

|1915–1983 († 67 years)

|1973 Pope Paul VI Cardinal priest of Santa Susanna

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|José Saraiva Martins

|1932 ( years)

|2001 Pope John Paul II Cardinal deacon of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore 2009 Pope Benedict XVI Cardinal bishop of Palestrina

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|José da Cruz Policarpo

|1936–2014

|2001 Pope John Paul II Cardinal priest of Sant'Antonio in Campo Marzio

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|42

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|Manuel Monteiro de Castro

|1938 ( 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

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|Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente

|1948 ( years)

|2015 Pope Francis Cardinal priest of Sant'Antonio in Campo Marzio

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|António Augusto dos Santos Marto

|1947 ( years)

|2018 Pope Francis Cardinal priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva

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|José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça

|1965 ( years)

|2019 Pope Francis Cardinal deacon of Santi Domenico e Sisto

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|46

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|Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar

|1973 ( years)

|2023 Francisco Cardinal priest of Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana

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