General Council of the Portuguese Inquisition

The body of counsellors of the Inquisitor General of Portugal, called sometimes ''Consulta da Fe'' ("Council of Faith") existed from the very beginning of Portuguese Inquisition in 1536. However, during the first years it was largely amorphous and there was no clear separation between it and inquisitorial tribunal for the district of Lisbon. It was only in 1569 when General Council of Inquisition in Portugal was officially created as clearly defined, separate structure by Inquisitor General Cardinal Henrique de Aviz. One year later Cardinal issued ''Regimento'' that concerned specifically the rules of the General Council.

General Council consisted initially three members apart from Inquisitor General, but their number was raised to six at the beggining of 17th century, with several extraordinary appointments from 1682 onwards. Between 1569 and 1821 one hundred and twenty six ecclesiastics became members of the General Council of Portuguese Inquisition (only dates of appointments are given).

List of members of the General Council of the Portuguese Inquisition

Manoel de Menezes (1569)
Martinho Gonsalves de Camera (1569)
Ambrosio Campelo (1569)
Manoel de Quadros (1570)
Leão Henriques S.J. (1571)
Paulo Affonso (1577)
Miguel de Castro (1577)
Antonio Telles de Menezes (1577)
Jorge Serrao S.J. (1579)
Antonio de Mendoca (1579)
Diogo de Sousa (1589)
Marcos Teixeira (1592)
Antonio de Matos de Noronha, bishop of Elvas (1592)
Bartholomeu de Fonseca (1598)
Martinho Affonso de Mello (1598)
Rodrigo Pires de Veyga (1598)
Manoel Alvares Tavares (1610)
Antonio Dias Cardoso (1610)
Salvador de Mesquita (1611)
Christovao d'Affonseca O.Ss.T., archbishop of Nicomedia (1612)
Manoel Coelho O.P. (1614)
Joao Alvarez Brandao (1617)
Gaspar Pereira (1617)
Francisco de Braganca (1617)
Joao da Sylva (1622)
Joao de Portugal O.P. (1622)
Sebastiao de Matos de Noronha (1622)
Miguel de Castro (1626)
Francisco Barreto (1626)
Antonio de Sousa O.P. (1626)
Manoel da Cunha (1632)
Joao de Vasconcelos O.P. (1632)
Pedro da Sylva de Faria (1635)
Miguel de Portugal (1635)
Francisco Cardoso de Torneyo (1636)
Diego Ozorio de Castro (1636)
Sebastiao Cesar de Menezes (1637)
Luis de Mello (1638)
Pantaleo Rodrigues Pacheco (1641)
Diogo de Sousa (1642)
Pedro de Magalhaes O.P. (1653)
Luis Alvares da Rocha (1656)
Pedro de Castilho (1657)
Alvaro Soares de Castro (1660)
Manoel de Magalhaens de Menezes (1660)
Verissimo de Lencastro (1664)
Alexandre da Sylva (1668)
Francisco Barreto (1668)
Pedro Borges Tavares (1671)
Manoel Pimentel de Sousa (1671)
Fernao Correa de la Cerda (1671)
Pedro Mexia de Magalhaes (1673)
Manoel de Moura Manoel (1674)
Jeronymo Soares (1675)
Valerio de Sao Raymundo O.P. (1675)
Joao da Costa Pimenta (1682)
Bento de Beja de Noronha (1682)
Manoel Pereyra O.P., former bishop of Rio de Janeiro (1682)
Pedro de Ataide de Castro (1686)
Vicente de Santo Thomas O.P. (1686)
Estevao de Brito Foyos (1688)
Joao de Azevedo (1688)
Nuno de Pina Pereira (1695)
Sebastiao Diniz Velho (1695)
Joao Carneiro de Moraes (1697)
Joao Moniz da Silva (1697)
Goncalo do Crato O.P. (1697)
Pedro Hasse de Belem (1700)
Antonio Monteiro Paim (1700)
Joao Duarte Ribeiro (1701)
Luis Alvares da Rocha (1704)
Domingos de Encarnacao O.P. (1705)
Francisco Barreto (1708)
Rodrigo de Lencastro O.P. (1713)
Manoel Guerreiro Camacho e Aboim (1716)
Francisco de Sousa (1716)
Antonio Porto Carreiro (1717)
Francisco Carneiro de Figueiroa (1718)
Manoel da Cunha Pinheiro (1720)
Antonio Teixeira Alvarez (1720)
Nuno da Sylva Telles (1720)
Inacio de Cabedo de Vasconcelos da Cunha (1723)
Joao Guedes Coutinho (1730)
João Álvares Soares (1730)
Antonio Ribeiro de Abreu (1734)
Jose de Almeida do Amaral (1741)
Joao Pais de Amaral (1741)
Bento Pais do Amaral (1741)
Manuel de Almeida de Carvalho (1745)
Francisco Mendo Trigoso (1745)
Simão José Silveiro Lobo (1752)
Sebastião Pereira de Castro (1752)
Paulo de Carvalho de Mendoça (1759), named Cardinal in 1769
Luis Antonio Fragoso de Barros (1759)
Jose de Franca O.P. (1759)
Nuno Alvares Pereira de Melo (1759)
Luís Barata de Lima (1762)
Nicolau Joaquim Thorel (1762)
Sebastiao Pita de Castro (1762)
Francisco Antonio Marques Geraldes de Andrade (1768)
José Ricalde Pereira de Castro (1768)
António Vicente de Vasconcelos Pereira (1773)
Joao de Mansilha O.P. (1773)
Antonio Manoel Fragoso de Barros (1778)
Inácio do Amaral O.P. (1778)
Joao de Oliveira Leite de Barros (1778)
Joao Machado D'Eca (1781)
António da Silveira O.P. (1784)
Jose da Rocha O.P. (1786)
António Veríssimo de Larre (1791)
Alexandre Jansen Moller Van Praet (1791)
Custodio da Silva Laboreiro Cidade (1791)
Manuel António Ribeiro da Mota (1791)
Pascoal José de Melo Freire dos Reis (1793)
João de Aguillar e Meneses (1793)
Álvaro José Xavier Botelho (1795)
Manuel de Almeida de Azevedo e Vasconcelos (1795)
Manuel Estanislau Fragoso (1799)
Pedro Falcão Cota de Meneses (1799)
Francisco Xavier de Vasconcelos Coutinho (1799)
José do Rosário Garcia O.P. (1800)
Joao de Santa Ines O.P. (1804)
Joaquim Jose de Faria da Costa e Abreu Guiao (1815)
Luis Rebelo de Albergaria Monteiro (1815)
Bernardo de Vasconcelos da Fonseca Pinto de Albuquerque (1815)
Francisco Jose Barreto Catalao O.P. (1815)

Bibliography

Maria do Carmo Jasmins Dias Farinha: “Ministros do Conselho geral do Santo Ofício,” Memória, Revista anual do Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo, 1989, pp. 101-163.
Bruno Feitler: "Consiglio generale dell'Inquisizione portoghese", in DSI, vol. 1, pp. 395-398.
D. Giebels, Quando foi criada a Inquisição de Lisboa? – explorando hipóteses, https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/rhsc/article/view/1645-2259_19_16/5879
Pedro Monteiro: Catalogo dos Deputados de Conselho Geral da Santa Inquisicao, in: Colecçam dos Documentos, Estatutos, e Memorias da Academia Real da Historia Portugueza, Lisboa Occidental 1721.

et tamen e summo, quasi fulmen, deicit ictos
invidia inter dum contemptim in Tartara taetra
invidia quoniam ceu fulmine summa vaporant
plerumque et quae sunt aliis magis edita cumque
[Lucretius, "De rerum natura", lib. V]

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