Erected on 9 June 1570 as Diocese of Elvas / Dioecesis Elvensis on canonical territory split off from Metropolitan the
Archdiocese of Évora, apparently as its
suffragan.)
1818 September 30: Suppressed, its territory being reassigned part back its Metropolitan of Evora, part to
Diocese of Portalegre)
João de Melo (1 July 1671 – 17 July 1673), next Bishop of
Viseu (Portugal) (1673 – 1684.04.24), Bishop of
Coimbra (Portugal) (1684.04.24 – death 1704.06.28)
Pedro de Villas Boas e Sampaio (26 Nov 1742 – death 14 June 1743)
Baltazar de Faria Villas-Boas (29 July 1743 – death 30 July 1757)
Lourenço de Lencastre (28 May 1759 – 18 Sep 1780), next Bishop of
Leiria (Portugal) (1780.09.18 – death 1790.03.04)
João Teixeira de Carvalho (18 Sep 1780 – 22 April 1792 Died)
Diego de Jesus Jardim,
Hieronymites (O.S.H.) (21 Feb 1794 – death 30 May 1796), previously Bishop of
Olinda (
Brazil) (1785.02.14 – 1794.02.21)
José da Costa e Torres (22 June 1796 – 26 August 1806), next metropolitan Archbishop of
Braga (1806 – 1813); previously Bishop of
Funchal (
Madeira, Portugal) (1785.02.14 – 1796.06.22)
José Joaquim da Cunha Azeredo Coutinho (6 Oct 1806 – death 20 May 1820), previously Bishop of
Olinda (Brazil) (1794.09.12 – 1806.10.06)
Joaquim de Meneses e Ataide,
Augustinians (O.E.S.A.) (29 May 1820 – death 5 Nov 1828), previously Bishop of
São Tomé de Meliapor (
India) (1804.10.29 – 1820.05.29)
Ângelo de Nossa Senhora da Boa-Morte,
Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (17 Dec 1832 – death 27 July 1852).
Titular see
In 1969 the diocese was nominally restored as Titular See of Elvas.
It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :[2]
André Jacquemin (1969.12.10 – resigned 1970.12.10) as emeritate, died 1975; previously Titular Bishop of
Cartennæ (1951.12.20 – 1954.10.29) as
Coadjutor Bishop of
Bayeux (France) (1951.12.20 – 1954.10.29), succeeding as Bishop of Bayeux (1954.10.29 – retired 1969.12.10)
Raymond-Joseph-Louis Bouchex (1972.02.23 – 1978.04.25) as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Aix (France) (1972.02.23 – 1978.04.25); next Metropolitan Archbishop of
Avignon (France) (1978.04.25 – 2002.06.21); died 2010
BIOs TO ELABORATE
Tomás Pedro Barbosa da Silva Nunes (1998.03.07 – 2010.09.01)
José Augusto Martins Fernandes Pedreira (1982.12.28 – 1997.10.29)
Armindo Lopes Coelho (1978.11.16 – 1982.10.15)
(2011.10.10 – ...): Bishop Nuno Brás da Silva Martins (), Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)
Erected on 9 June 1570 as Diocese of Elvas / Dioecesis Elvensis on canonical territory split off from Metropolitan the
Archdiocese of Évora, apparently as its
suffragan.)
1818 September 30: Suppressed, its territory being reassigned part back its Metropolitan of Evora, part to
Diocese of Portalegre)
João de Melo (1 July 1671 – 17 July 1673), next Bishop of
Viseu (Portugal) (1673 – 1684.04.24), Bishop of
Coimbra (Portugal) (1684.04.24 – death 1704.06.28)
Pedro de Villas Boas e Sampaio (26 Nov 1742 – death 14 June 1743)
Baltazar de Faria Villas-Boas (29 July 1743 – death 30 July 1757)
Lourenço de Lencastre (28 May 1759 – 18 Sep 1780), next Bishop of
Leiria (Portugal) (1780.09.18 – death 1790.03.04)
João Teixeira de Carvalho (18 Sep 1780 – 22 April 1792 Died)
Diego de Jesus Jardim,
Hieronymites (O.S.H.) (21 Feb 1794 – death 30 May 1796), previously Bishop of
Olinda (
Brazil) (1785.02.14 – 1794.02.21)
José da Costa e Torres (22 June 1796 – 26 August 1806), next metropolitan Archbishop of
Braga (1806 – 1813); previously Bishop of
Funchal (
Madeira, Portugal) (1785.02.14 – 1796.06.22)
José Joaquim da Cunha Azeredo Coutinho (6 Oct 1806 – death 20 May 1820), previously Bishop of
Olinda (Brazil) (1794.09.12 – 1806.10.06)
Joaquim de Meneses e Ataide,
Augustinians (O.E.S.A.) (29 May 1820 – death 5 Nov 1828), previously Bishop of
São Tomé de Meliapor (
India) (1804.10.29 – 1820.05.29)
Ângelo de Nossa Senhora da Boa-Morte,
Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (17 Dec 1832 – death 27 July 1852).
Titular see
In 1969 the diocese was nominally restored as Titular See of Elvas.
It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :[2]
André Jacquemin (1969.12.10 – resigned 1970.12.10) as emeritate, died 1975; previously Titular Bishop of
Cartennæ (1951.12.20 – 1954.10.29) as
Coadjutor Bishop of
Bayeux (France) (1951.12.20 – 1954.10.29), succeeding as Bishop of Bayeux (1954.10.29 – retired 1969.12.10)
Raymond-Joseph-Louis Bouchex (1972.02.23 – 1978.04.25) as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Aix (France) (1972.02.23 – 1978.04.25); next Metropolitan Archbishop of
Avignon (France) (1978.04.25 – 2002.06.21); died 2010
BIOs TO ELABORATE
Tomás Pedro Barbosa da Silva Nunes (1998.03.07 – 2010.09.01)
José Augusto Martins Fernandes Pedreira (1982.12.28 – 1997.10.29)
Armindo Lopes Coelho (1978.11.16 – 1982.10.15)
(2011.10.10 – ...): Bishop Nuno Brás da Silva Martins (), Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal)