Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira


Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira

Cardinal, Patriarch of Lisbon
Cardinal Cerejeira in 1960
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Lisbon
Appointed1929
In office5 August 1929 – 10 May 1971
PredecessorAntónio Mendes Belo
SuccessorAntónio Ribeiro
Orders
Ordination1 April 1911
Consecration17 June 1928
by Manuel Luís Coelho da Silva
Created cardinal16 December 1929
by Pope Pius XI
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira

(1888-11-29)November 29, 1888
Died1 August 1977(1977-08-01) (aged 88)
Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal
BuriedPantheon of the Patriarchs, Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon
NationalityPortuguese
DenominationRoman Catholic
Signature
Coat of arms
Styles of
Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeLisbon

Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, GCC, GCSE, GCIH (29 November 1888, Lousado, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal – 1 August 1977, Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal) was a Portuguese cardinal who served as Patriarch of Lisbon from 1929 to 1971. He was the last surviving cardinal elevated by Pope Pius XI, and his cardinalate of forty-eight years was the longest since the fifty-eight-year cardinalate of Henry Benedict Stuart, Cardinal-Duke of York which lasted from 1747 to 1805. He took part in three conclaves: in 1939, 1958 and 1963. Although there were seven other cardinals elevated by Pius XI who participated in the 1963 conclave, Cerejeira was the longest-serving living cardinal from the death of Jozef-Ernest van Roey on 6 August 1961 until his own death almost exactly sixteen years later.