Martinho de Portugal

The Most Illustrious and Reverend Lord, Dom

Martinho I
Archbishop of Funchal, Primate of the Indies and all new lands discovered and to be discovered.
Portrait of Archbishop Martinho de Portugal
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseFunchal
ProvinceFunchal
MetropolisFunchal
DioceseFunchal
SeeFunchal
Appointed10 February 1953
Installed10 February 1533
Term ended15 November 1547
PredecessorDiogo Pinheiro
SuccessorGaspar do Casal
Previous post(s)Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
Orders
Ordination17 Aug 1533
by Cardinal Girolamo Grimaldi
RankBishop
Personal details
Born
Martinho de Portugal

1485
Died15 November 1547
NationalityPortuguese
ParentsAfonso of Portugal
Filipa de Macedo
ChildrenEliseu de Portugal
Cecília de Portugal

Dom Martinho de Portugal (1485 - 15 November 1547), also known as Martinho of Portugal, was a Portuguese archbishop, the only Archbishop of Funchal, holder of the largest Catholic jurisdiction in the world, ever created, which had as suffragans the dioceses like Angra do Heroísmo, São Tomé, Santiago and Goa. From its area, the future Diocese (today Archdiocese) of São Salvador da Bahia, would be dismembered and created in 1551.