Portuguese Episcopal Conference
The Portuguese Bishops' Conference ( Portuguese: Conferência Episcopal Portuguesa ) is the central meeting of the Portuguese episcopate and has its headquarters in Moscavide ( District of Lisbon ).
Presidium
- President Manuel Clemente, Patriarch of Lisbon
- Vice President: António Marto, Bishop of Leiria- Fatima
- General Secretary: Father Manuel Morujão
Permanent Council
- President, Vice President, Secretary and:
- Jorge Ortiga, Archbishop of Braga
- Gilberto dos Reis, Bishop of Setúbal
- António Francisco dos Santos, appointed Bishop of Porto
- Manuel Quintas SCI, Bishop of Faro
- António Couto SMP, Bishop of Lamego
Episcopal commissions
- Culture and Social Affairs
- Ecumenism
- Christian Education
- Laity and Family
- Liturgy
- Mission
- Refugees and migrants
- Pastoral Social Affairs
Delegate
- CCEE: Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga, Archbishop of Braga, President of the Portuguese Episcopal Conference
- COMECE: Amandio Tomás, Auxiliary Bishop in Évora
Chairman
- Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon (1958-1972)
- Manuel d' Almeida Trindade, Bishop of Aveiro (1972-1975)
- António Ribeiro Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon (1975-1981)
- Manuel d' Almeida Trindade, Bishop of Aveiro (1981-1987)
- António Ribeiro Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon (1987-1993)
- João Alves, Bishop of Coimbra (1993-1999)
- Cardinal José da Cruz Policarpo, Patriarch of Lisbon (1999-2005)
- Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga, Archbishop of Braga (2005-2011)
- José da Cruz Policarpo, Patriarch of Lisbon (2011-2013)
- Manuel Clemente, Patriarch of Lisbon ( since 2013)