List of Bishops of Sao Tome and Principe
The List of Bishops of São Tomé and Príncipe introduces the series of bishops of the Diocese of São Tomé and Príncipe .
- Diego de Ortiz de Vilhegas (January 31, 1533– September 24, 1540, then Bishop of Ceuta )
- Bernardo da Cruz OP (September 24, 1540– April 28, 1553, resigned)
- Gaspar Cao OESA (July 6, 1554– February 17, 1572, died)
- Martinho de Ulhoa OCist (January 25, 1578–1592, resigned)
- Francisco de Villanova OFM (February 17, 1592– December 25, 1602, died)
- Antonio Valente OP (August 30, 1604–1608, died)
- Jeronimo Quintanilla OCist (February 21, 1611-1614, died)
- Pedro de São Agostinho Figueira de Cunha Lobo OSA (October 26, 1615– May 16, 1620, died)
- Francisco do Soveral OSA (October 5, 1623– February 8, 1627, then Bishop of Angola and Congo )
- Domingos de Assumpção OP (March 1, 1627 – October 1632, died)
- Manoel a Nativitate do Nascimento OSH (April 16, 1674–1677, died)
- Bernardo de Santa Maria Zuzarte de Andrade CRSA (August 30, 1677–1680, died)
- Sebastião de São Paulo OFM (June 9, 1687–1690, died)
- Timóteo do Sacramento OSP (January 2, 1693– December 17, 1696, then Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão )
- Antonio da Penha de Franca OAD (November 5, 1699–1702, died)
- João de Sahagún , OAD (July 22, 1709–1730, died)
- Leandro a Pietate OAD (September 3, 1739–1740, died)
- Tomas Luis da Conceição OAD (November 26, 1742–1744, died)
- Ludovico Das Chagas OSA (December 15, 1745–1747, died)
- António Nogueira (January 29, 1753–1758, died)
- Vicente do Espirito Santo OAD (March 1, 1779– December 17, 1782, then Prelate of Goiás )
- Domingo a Rosario OP (December 16, 1782–1788, died)
- Rafael de Castello de Vide OFM (September 12, 1794– January 17, 1800, died)
- Cayetano Velozo OFM (May 24, 1802 – September 1803, died)
- Custodio de Santa Ana d'Almeida OAD (June 26, 1805– March 23, 1812, died)
- Bartholomeu de Martyribus Maya OCD (March 8, 1816– November 10, 1819, then Prelate of Mozambique )
- Moisés Alves de Pinho CSSp (January 18, 1941– November 17, 1966, retired)
- Abílio Rodas de Sousa Ribas CSSp (December 3, 1984– December 1, 2006, retired)
- Manuel António Mendes dos Santos CMF , since December 1st, 2006