Bishop Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias

Bishop Emeritus of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal

Apostolic Administrator of Portalegre-Castelo Branco

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Dec 1948		Born
13 Jun 1974	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Braga, Portugal
10 Nov 2000	51.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
10 Nov 2000	51.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tamata
21 Jan 2001	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tamata
8 Sep 2008	59.7	Appointed	Bishop of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal
7 Oct 2025	76.8	Retired	Bishop of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal
7 Oct 2025	76.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal
16 Nov 2025	76.9	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal

MicroData Summary
Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias
Bishop Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias
(born 15 Dec 1948)
Bishop Emeritus of Portalegre-Castelo Branco

Ad Limina - November 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - September 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Longos Vales
Ordained Bishop São Domingos, Church, Viana do Castelo, Diocese of Viana do Castelo

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Portalegre-Castelo Branco.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop José Augusto Martins Fernandes Pedreira †
Bishop of Viana do Castelo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga
Archbishop of Braga
Bishop Armindo Lopes Coelho †
Bishop of Porto

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop José Augusto Martins Fernandes Pedreira † (1983)
Bishop of Viana do Castelo
Bishop Armindo Lopes Coelho † (1979)
Bishop of Viana do Castelo
Bishop António Ferreira Gomes † (1948)
Bishop of Porto
Bishop Agostinho de Jesus e Souza † (1921)
Bishop of Porto
Archbishop Manuel Vieira de Matos † (1899)
Archbishop of Braga
Bishop José Dias Correia de Carvalho † (1871)
Bishop of Viseu
Bishop José Luis Alves Feijo, O.SS.T. † (1865)
Bishop of Bragança e Miranda
Archbishop Innocenzo Ferrieri † (1847)
Titular Archbishop of Side
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Longos Vales
Ordained Bishop	São Domingos, Church, Viana do Castelo, Diocese of Viana do Castelo

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q599215

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 8 Sep 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Number 13,888
r: Bollettino, 7 Oct 2025

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