Manuel Martins Manso


This article uses the Portuguese naming customs, the maternal surname is Martins and the paternal surname is Manso
Manuel Martins Manso was a Portuguese bishop, he was bishop of Funchal and of Guarda.

Biography

He was born in the village of in the Mogadouro Municipality near its municipal seat in Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro.
He was nominated Bishop of Funchal, a diocese that includes Madeira and its surrounding islands in 1849 and remained until 1858 amid serious clerical and social upheavals, the post was later taken by D. Patrício Xavier de Moura. He returned to Continental Portugal and after resigning as bishop of Funchal for health reasons and on 18 March became the Guarda later in 1850 up to his death in 1871, afterwards the seat was vacant until 1878 where it was taken by D. Tomás. Gomes de Almeida.
He was the great nephew of the 1st Viscount of Vale Pereiro.