The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Iacobi Capitis Viridis) is a diocese located in Santiago in Cabo Verde.
The Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde was created on January 31, 1533 from the Diocese of Funchal in Portugal under a papal bull Pro excellenti praeeminentia by Pope Clement VII.
Bishop Francisco da Cruz constructed a cathedral in 1556. In late 18th century, bishop Francisco de São Simão constructed a seminary and a episcopal palace. The modern seminary of Saint Joseph was erected in 1957 by bishop José Filípe do Carmo Colaço.
The diocese covered up to mainland Africa including Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau) until September 4, 1940. After independence of Cape Verde, bishops would come only from the diocese.
Until 2003, it covered only the whole of Cape Verde and was sometimes known as the Diocese of Cape Verde or Cabo Verde until December 9, 2003 when the area covering the Barlavento Islands in the north split to form the Diocese of Mindelo due to a growing population and is no longer secondarily as known as the Diocese of Cape Verde.
Bishops of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Roman rite):Braz Neto, O.F.M. (1533.01.31 - 1538.02.09)João Parvi (1538.09.23 - 1546.11.29)Vacant (1546-1553)Francisco de la Cruz, O.S.A. (1553.08.18 - 1571.01.19)Bartolomeu Leitão (1572.02.06 - 1587.02.09)Pedro Brandão, O.Carm. (1588.08.08 - 1608.07.14)Luis Pereira de Miranda (1608.11.10 - 1610.05)Sebastião de Ascensão, O.P. (1611.04.18 - 1614.03.17)Manuel Afonso de Guerra (1616.02.024 - 1624.03.08)Lorenzo Garro (1625.08.18 - 1646.11.01)Vacant (1646-1672)Fabio dos Reis Fernandes, O.Carm. (1672.05.16 - 1674.02.08)Antonio de São Dionysio, O.F.M. (1675.12.02 - 1684.09.12)Victorino do Porto, O.F.M. (1687.05.12 - 1705.01.21)Francisco a São Agostinho, T.O.R. (1708.09.24 - 1719.05.08)José a Santa Maria de Jesus Azevedo Leal, O.F.M. (1721.02.21 - 1736.06.07)João de Faro, O.F.M. (1738.09.03 - 1741.07.21)João de Moreira, O.F.M. (1742.11.26 - 1747.08.13)Vacant (1747-1753)Pedro Jacinto Valente, O. do Cristo (1753.01.29 - 1774.01.19)Vacant (1775-1779)Francisco de São Simão, O.F.M. (1779.03.01 - 1783.08.10)Cristoforo a São Boaventura, O.F.M. (1785.02.14 - 1798.04.29)Vacant (1798-1802)Bishop Silvestre Santa Maria, O.F.M. (1802.05.24 – 1813.11.22)Vacant (1813-1820)Geronimo do Barco, O.F.M. (1820.01.21 - 1831.12.27, resigned)Vacant (1831-1845)Bishop Patrício Xavier de Moura (1845.05.31 – 1859.04.15, later became bishop of Funchal)Archbishop João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa (1859.06.08 – 1861.03.22, later became archbishop of Goa)Vacant (1861-1865)Bishop José Luís Alves Feijó (1865.09.25 – 1871.06.26, later became bishiop of Bragança and Miranda)Bishop José Dias Correia de Carvalho (1871.06.26 – 1883.08.09, later became bishop of Viseu)Bishop Joaquim Augusto de Barros (1884.03.27 – 1904.03.01)Bishop António Moutinho (1904.11.14 – 1909.03.04, later became bishop of Portalegre)Bishop José Alves Martins (1910.03.10 – 1935.11.15, resigned)Bishop Joaquim Rafael Maria d’Assunçâo Pitinho, O.F.M. (1935.11.15 – 1940.05.05, resigned)Bishop Faustino Moreira dos Santos, C.S.Sp. (1941.01.28 – 1955.07.27)Bishop José Filípe do Carmo Colaço (1956.03.28 – 1975.04.21, resigned)Bishop Paulino do Livramento Évora, C.S.Sp. (1975.04.21 - 2009.07.22, later he became jubilate)Bishop Arlindo Gomes Furtado (since 2009.07.22)