Rui Valério

Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, SMM (born 24 December 1964) is a Portuguese prelate of the Catholic Church and a member of the Missionaries of the Company of Mary (Monfortans) who has been the Patriarch of Lisbon since September 2023. He has been a bishop since 2018 and headed the Military Ordinariate of Portugal from 2018 to 2023.


Rui Valério

Patriarch of Lisbon
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseLisbon
MetropolisLisbon
SeeLisbon
Appointed10 August 2023
Installed2 September 2023
PredecessorManuel III
Orders
Ordination23 March 1991
by Alberto Cosme do Amaral
Consecration25 November 2018
by Manuel Clemente
Personal details
Born
Rui Manuel Sousa Valério

(1964-12-24) 24 December 1964
NationalityPortuguese
Previous post(s)Military Ordinary of Portugal (2018–23)
Alma mater
MottoIn manibus Tuis
("Into Your hands")
Coat of arms
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