List of governors of Portuguese India
List
The following is a list of rulers during the history of Portuguese India as a viceroyalty or governorship. (*) - In 1508, King Manuel I of Portugal devised a plan to partition the Portuguese empire in Asia into three separate governments or "high captaincies" - (1) Captain-Major of the seas of Ethiopia, Arabia and Persia, centered at Socotra, was to cover the East African and Arabian-Persian coasts, from Sofala to Diu; (2) Captain-Major of the seas of India, centered at Cochin, was to cover the Indian coast from Diu down to Cape Comorin.

List of governors of Portuguese India

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: The following is a list of rulers during the history of Portuguese India as a viceroyalty or governorship. (*) - In 1508, King Manuel I of Portugal devised a plan to partition the Portuguese empire in Asia into three separate governments or "high captaincies" - (1) Captain-Major of the seas of Ethiopia, Arabia and Persia, centered at Socotra, was to cover the East African and Arabian-Persian coasts, from Sofala to Diu; (2) Captain-Major of the seas of India, centered at Cochin, was to cover the Indian coast from Diu down to Cape Comorin.

Official Title	Office-Holder	Mandate Begin	Mandate End	Notes

Viceroy (nom.)	D. Tristão da Cunha	1504	1505	First to be nominated viceroy, never assumed office

Viceroy	D. Francisco de Almeida	12 September 1505	November 1509	First governor and first viceroy of Portuguese India, appointed by King Manuel I of Portugal (r.1495-1521), conquered Kilwa, erected forts in Anjediva, Cochin, Cannanore, refused to cede office until after Battle of Diu, died at Table Bay, on return voyage, March 1510

Governor and Captain-General(*)	Afonso de Albuquerque	4 November 1509	September 1515	Appointment disputed and delayed by predecessor, conquered Goa, Malacca, Muscat and Hormuz, died off Goa, December 1515

Governor	Lopo Soares de Albergaria	8 September 1515	September 1518	Erected forts in Colombo (Ceylon) and Kollam, returned to Portugal

Governor	Diogo Lopes de Sequeira	8 September 1518	January 1522	Old explorer and former designated captain of Malacca (1509, aborted), erected forts in Chaul, Maldives and Pacem, sent embassies to Ethiopia, Pegu and China, returned to Portugal

Governor	D. Duarte de Menezes	22 January 1522	September 1524	Former captain of Tangier, grandson (via Tarouca line) of the famous Duarte de Menezes (Count of Viana), dismissed and returned to Portugal

Viceroy	D. Vasco da Gama	5 September 1524	December 1524	old discoverer of Indies route, now Count of Vidigueira, second Viceroy, first appointee of new King John III of Portugal (r.1521-1557), died at Cochin, December 1524

Governor	D. Henrique de Menezes (o Roxo)	17 January 1525	February 1526	succeeded in India by death of predecessor, died at Cannanore, February 1526

Governor	Lopo Vaz de Sampaio	February 1526	November 1529	succeeded in India by death of predecessor (third in line), refused to yield government to designated successor Pedro Mascarenhas, captain of Malacca), arrested, returned to Portugal as prisoner

Governor	Nuno da Cunha	18 November 1529	September 1538	son of Tristão da Cunha, arrival delayed by shipwreck in Madagascar, conquered northern province (Bassein, Bombay, Diu, Daman) died at sea on return to Portugal, March 1539

Viceroy	D. Garcia de Noronha	14 September 1538	April 1540	Third Viceroy, nephew of Afonso de Albuquerque, died in Cochin, April 1540

Governor	D. Estêvão da Gama	3 April 1540	May 1542	son of Vasco da Gama, captain of Portuguese Malacca (f.1538), succeeded in India by death of predecessor, returned to Portugal

Governor	Martim Afonso de Sousa	8 May 1542	1545	donatary-captain of São Vicente (Brazil, f. 1534), returned to Portugal

Governor	D. João de Castro	10 September 1545	1548	Nephew of D. Garcia de Noronha, promoted to Viceroy in early 1548

Viceroy	D. João de Castro	1548	June 1548	Fourth viceroy. Died at Goa, June 1548

Governor	Garcia de Sá	6 June 1548	June 1549	succeeded in India by death of predecessor, first governor married in India, acquired Bardez and Salcette, died at Goa, June 1549

Governor	Jorge Cabral	13 June 1549	November 1550	succeeded in India by death of predecessor, returned to Portugal

Viceroy	D. Afonso de Noronha	November 1550	September 1554	Fifth Viceroy (henceforth all Governors appointed in Lisbon will have rank of 'Viceroy'), former governor of Ceuta, 1540–49, son of Fernando de Menezes (Marquis of Vila Real), returned to Portugal

Viceroy	D. Pedro Mascarenhas	23 September 1554	June 1555	old discoverer of Indian Ocean islands, former captain of Malacca (1525–26), died at Goa, June 1555

Governor	Francisco Barreto	16 June 1555	September 1558	succeeded in India by death of predecessor, returned to Portugal. Later (1570) returned as governor of East Africa(**), led expedition to Monomatapa and died in Tete.

Viceroy	D. Constantino de Braganza	8 September 1558	September 1561	Son of James (Duke of Braganza), first appointee of Catherine of Austria, (regent of new King Sebastian of Portugal), returned to Portugal

Viceroy	D. Francisco Coutinho (Count of Redondo)	7 September 1561	19 February 1564	Died at Goa, February 1564

Governor	João de Mendonça	19 February 1564	September 1564	former captain of Malacca, succeeded in India by death of predecessor, returned to Portugal

Viceroy	D. António de Noronha (Antão)	3 September 1564	September 1568	former captain of Ceuta (1549), and Hormuz (c.1560) nephew of earlier India governor D. Afonso de Noronha, died at sea on return to Portugal

Viceroy	D. Luís de Ataíde	10 September 1568	September 1571	future Count of Atouguia (f.1577), first appointee of King Sebastian of Portugal in his own right returned to Portugal

Viceroy(**)	D. António de Noronha (o Catarraz)	6 September 1571	December 1573	Not to be confused with earlier namesake, governor in Goa of a reduced India (**), co-equal with António Moniz Barreto (in Malacca) and Francisco Barreto (in Sofala), dismissed and returned to Portugal

Governor	António Moniz Barreto	9 December 1573	September 1576	Governor of Malacca, succeeded in India after dismissal of predecessor, returned to Portugal

Governor	D. Diogo de Menezes	September 1576	August 1578	Son of Tangier captain João de Menezes ("o Craveiro") Succeeded in India after appointed viceroy, Rui Lourenço de Távora, died en route (off Mozambique), returned to Portugal.

Viceroy	D. Luís de Ataíde (second time)	31 August 1578	March 1581	Second appointment, now Count of Atouguia, already in India when news of the king's death at Alcazarquivir arrived, managed India through the early stages of 1580 succession crisis, died in Goa, March 1581

Governor	Fernão Teles de Menezes	March 1581	September 1581	Succeeded in India by death of predecessor (as per prior instructions of the late Cardinal-King Henry), considered the last governor of the House of Avis, received news of ascension of Habsburg king Philip I of Portugal, administered oaths of loyalty of Portuguese India colonies to new monarchy, returned to Portugal.

Viceroy	Francisco de Mascarenhas	1581	1584	Donatary-captain in the Azores First appointee of Philip I of Portugal (r.1581-1598), returned to Portugal.

Viceroy	D. Duarte de Menezes	1584	4 May 1588	Former governor of Tangier (1474–78), Algarve (1580), grandson of earlier India governor Duarte de Menezes, Died in Goa, May 1588.

Governor	D. Manuel de Sousa Coutinho	May 1588	1591	Former governor of Ceylon, current governor of Malacca Succeeded in India by death of predecessor, Died in shipwreck while returning to Portugal.

Viceroy	Matias de Albuquerque	1591	1597

Viceroy	D. Francisco da Gama, conde da Vidigueira	1597	1600

Viceroy	Aires de Saldanha	1600	1605

Viceroy	Martim Afonso de Castro	1605	June 1607	Died at Malacca in June 1607

Governor	Fr. Aleixo de Meneses, Archbishop of Goa	June 1607	1609

Governor	André Furtado de Mendonça	1609

Viceroy	Rui Lourenço de Távora	1609	1612

Viceroy	D. Jerónimo de Azevedo	1612	1617

Viceroy	D. João Coutinho	1617	1619

Governor	Fernão de Albuquerque	1619	1622

Viceroy	D. Francisco da Gama (second time)	1622	1628

Viceroy	Fr. Luís de Brito e Meneses, Bishop of Meliapore	1628	July 1629	Died at Cochim in July 1629

Governing Council	1. Nuno Álvares Botelho 2. D. Lourenço da Cunha 3. Gonçalo Pinto da Fonseca	1629

Viceroy	Miguel de Noronha, conde de Linhares	1629	1635

Viceroy	Pero da Silva	1635	June 1639	Died at Goa in June 1639

Governor	António Teles de Meneses	1639	1640

Viceroy	João da Silva Telo e Meneses, conde de Aveiras	1640	1644	Returned to Portugal

Viceroy	Filipe Mascarenhas	1644	1651

Viceroy	João da Silva Telo e Meneses, conde de Aveiras (second time)	1651	Died at Mozambique, en route to India

Governing Council	1. Fr. Francisco dos Mártires (Archbp of Goa) 2. Francisco de Melo e Castro 3. António de Sousa Coutinho	1651	1652

Viceroy	Vasco Mascarenhas, 1st Count of Óbedos	1652	1655	Expelled in internal coup

Usurper	Brás de Castro	1655	Arrested by successor

Governor	Rodrigo Lobo da Silveira, Count of Sarzedas	23 Aug 1655	14 January 1656	Died at Goa in January 1656

Governor	Manuel Mascarenhas Homem	14 January 1656	22 May 1656

Governing Council	1. Manuel Mascarenhas Homem 2. Francisco de Melo e Castro 3. António de Sousa Coutinho	January 1656	1661

Governing Council	1. Luís de Mendonça Furtado e Albuquerque 2. Manuel Mascarenhas Homem 3. D. Pedro de Lencastre	1661

Governing Council	1. Luís de Mendonça Furtado e Albuquerque, 2. António de Melo e Castro 3. D. Pedro de Lencastre	1661	1662

Viceroy	António de Melo e Castro	16 December 1662	1666

Viceroy	João Nunes da Cunha, Count of São Vicente	1666	November 1668	Died at Goa in November 1668

Governing Council	1. António de Melo e Castro, 2. Manuel Corte-Real de Sampaio 3. Luís de Miranda Henriques	November 1668	1671

Viceroy	Luís de Mendonça Furtado e Albuquerque	1671	1676	Died off Lisbon on return voyage

Viceroy	D. Pedro de Almeida, Conde de Assumar	1676	1678	Died at Goa in 1678

Interim Governor	António Brandão, Archbishop of Goa (sometime with António Pais de Sande)	1678	1681

Viceroy	Francisco de Távora, conde de Alvor	1681	1686

Governor	D. Rodrigo da Costa	1686	1690

Governor	D. Miguel de Almeida	1690	January 1691	Died at Goa in January 1691

Governing Council	1. Fernando Martins Mascarenhas Lencastre 2. Fr. Agostinho da Anunciação (Archbp of Goa)	January 1691	1692

Viceroy	Pedro António de Meneses Noronha de Albuquerque	1692	1697	Returned to Portugal

Viceroy	António Luís Gonçalves da Câmara Coutinho	1697	1701

Governing Council	1. Fr. Agostinho da Anunciação (Archp of Goa) 2. D. Vasco Lima Coutinho	1701	1702

Viceroy	Caetano de Melo e Castro	1702	1707

Viceroy	D. Rodrigo da Costa (second time, as Viceroy now)	1707	1712

Viceroy	Vasco Fernandes César de Meneses, Count of Sabugosa	1712	1717	Returned to Portugal

Governor	Fr. Sebastião de Andrade Pessanha, Archbishop of Goa	January 1717	October 1717

Viceroy	Luís Carlos Inácio Xavier de Meneses, Count of Ericeira	October 1717	1720

Viceroy	Francisco José de Sampaio e Castro	1720	July 1723	Died at Goa in July 1723

Interim Governor	Cristóvão de Melo	July 1723

Governing Council	1. Cristóvão de Melo 2. Fr. Inácio de Santa Teresa (Archbp of Goa) 3. Cristóvão Luís de Andrade	1723	1725

Viceroy	João de Saldanha da Gama	1725	1732	Returned to Portugal

Governing Council	1. Cristóvão de Melo 2. Fr. Inácio de Santa Teresa (Archbp of Goa) 3. Tomé Gomes Moreira	1732

Viceroy	Pedro de Mascarenhas, Count of Sandomil	1732	1740	Returned to Portugal

Viceroy	Luís Carlos Inácio Xavier de Meneses, Count of Ericeira (second time)	1740	1742	Died at Goa in 1742

Governing Council	1. Francisco de Vasconcelos 2. Lourenço de Noronha 3. Luís Caetano de Almeida	1742	1744

Viceroy	Pedro Miguel de Almeida Portugal e Vasconcelos, Count of Assumar, marquis of Alorna	1744	1750

Viceroy	Francisco de Assis de Távora, marquis of Távora	September 1750	1754	Returned to Portugal, executed in 1759

Viceroy	Luís Mascarenhas, Count of Alva	1754	June 1756	Died in combat at Goa in June 1756

Governing Council	1. António Taveira da Neiva Brum da Silveira (Archbp of Goa) 2.	1756	1757

Viceroy	Manuel de Saldanha e Albuquerque, Count of Ega	1758	1765	Returned to Portugal

Council	1. António Taveira da Neiva Brum da Silveira (Archbp of Goa) 2.	1765	1768

Governor	João José de Melo	1768	1771	Promoted to Captain-General in 1771 (***)

Governor and Captain-General	João José de Melo	1771	January 1774	Died at Goa in January 1774

Interim Governor	Filipe de Valadares Sotomaior	1774

Governor and Captain-General of India	D. José Pedro da Câmara	1774	1779

Governor and Captain-General of India	D. Frederico Guilherme de Sousa Holstein	1779	1786

Governor and Captain-General of India	Francisco da Cunha e Meneses	1786	1794

Governor and Captain-General of India	Francisco António da Veiga Cabral da Câmara, Viscount of Mirandela	1794	1806

Viceroy and Captain-General of India	D. Bernardo José Maria da Silveira e Lorena, Count of Sarzedas	1806	1816

Viceroy and Captain-General of India	D. Diogo de Sousa, Count of Rio Pardo	1816	1821

Provisional Junta of Government of the State of India	Manuel José Gomes Loureiro, Manuel Godinho Mira, Joaquim Manuel Correia da Silva e Gama, Gonçalo de Magalhães Teixeira Pinto Manuel Duarte Leitão	1821

Provisional Junta of Government of the State of India	D. Manuel da Câmara, D.	1821	1822

Provisional Junta of Government of the State of India	D. Manuel da Câmara, D.	1822	1823

Viceroy and Captain-General of India	D. Manuel da Câmara	1823	1825	Dissolved Junta and assumed de facto title of Governor of Portuguese India

Government Council of the State of India	D. Frei Manuel de São Galdino, Cândido José Mourão Garcez Palha, António Ribeiro de Carvalho	1825	1826

Governor and Captain-General of India	D. Manuel Francisco Zacarias de Portugal e Castro	1826	1830

Viceroy and Captain-General of India	D. Manuel Francisco Zacarias de Portugal e Castro	1826	1835

Governor	Bernardo Peres da Silva	1835

Governor	D. Manuel Francisco Zacarias de Portugal e Castro	1835

Governor	Joaquim Manuel Correia da Silva e Gama	1835

Government Council of the State of India	João Casimiro Pereira da Rocha de Vasconcelos, Manuel José Ribeiro, Frei Constantino de Santa Rita, João Cabral de Estefique, António Maria de Melo, Joaquim António de Morais Carneiro, António Mariano de Azevedo, José António de Lemos	1835	1837	After 1836 confined to Goa

Governor	Bernardo Peres da Silva	1836	1837	Governor of Daman and Diu, provisional governor of Goa

Governor	Simão Infante de Lacerda de Sousa Tavares, Baron of Sabroso	1837	1839	(restored unity to Portuguese India)

Governor	José António Vieira da Fonseca	1839

Governor	Manuel José Mendes, Baron of Candal	1839	1840

Government Council of the State of India	José António Vieira da Fonseca, José Câncio Freire de Lima, António João de Ataíde, Domingos José Mariano Luís, José da Costa Campos, Caetano de Sousa e Vasconcelos	1840

Interim Governor	José Joaquim Lopes Lima	1840	1842

Government Council of the State of India	António Ramalho de Sá, António José de Melo Sotomaior Teles, António João de Ataíde, José da Costa Campos Caetano de Sousa e Vasconcelos	1842

Governor	Francisco Xavier da Silva Pereira, Count of Antas	1842	1843

Governor	Joaquim Mourão Garcez Palha	1843	1844

Governor	José Ferreira Pestana	1844	1851

Governor	José Joaquim Januário Lapa, Viscount of Vila Nova de Ourém	1851	1855

Government Council of the State of India	D. Frei Joaquim de Santa Rita Botelho, Arcebispo de Goa e Primaz das Índias, Luís da Costa Campos, Francisco Xavier Peres, Bernardo Heitor da Silva e Lorena, Vítor Anastácio Mourão Garcez Palha	1855

Governor	António César de Vasconcelos Correia, Count of Torres Novas	1855	1864

Governor	José Ferreira Pestana	1864	1870	2nd term

Governor	Januário Correia de Almeida, Count of São Januário	1870	1871

Governor	Joaquim José Macedo e Couto	1871	1875

Governor	João Tavares de Almeida	1875	1877

Government Council of the State of India	D. Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Archbishop of Goa and Primate of the Indies, João Caetano da Silva Campos, Francisco Xavier Soares da Veiga Eduardo Augusto de Sá Nogueira Pinto Balsemão	1877

Governor	António Sérgio de Sousa	1877	1878

Government Council of the State of India	D. Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Archbishop of Goa and Primate of the Indies, João Caetano da Silva Campos, Francisco Xavier Soares da Veiga António Sérgio de Sousa Júnior	1878

Governor	Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque	1878	1882

Governor	Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva, Viscount of Paço d'Arcos	1882	1886

Government Council of the State of India	D. António Sebastião Valente, Archbishop of Goa and Patriarch of the East Indies, José de Sá Coutinho, José Inácio de Brito José Maria Teixeira Guimarães	1886

Governor	Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral	1886

Government Council of the State of India	D. António Sebastião Valente, Archbishop of Goa and Patriarch of the East Indies, José de Sá Coutinho, José Inácio de Brito José Maria Teixeira Guimarães	1886

Governor	Augusto César Cardoso de Carvalho	1886	1889

Interim Governor	Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque	1889

Government Council of the State of India	D. António Sebastião Valente, Archbishop of Goa and Patriarch of the East Indies, Joaquim Borges de Azevedo Enes, José Inácio de Brito, Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque	1889

Governor	Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses	1889	1891

Governor	Francisco Maria da Cunha	1891

Interim Governor	João Manuel Correia Taborda	1891	1892	1st term

Government Council of the State of India	D. António Sebastião Valente, Archbishop of Goa and Patriarch of the East Indies, Luís Fisher Berquó Falcão, Raimundo Maria Correia Mendes, João Manuel Correia Taborda	1892

Governor	Francisco Teixeira da Silva	1892	1893

Government Council of the State of India	Luís Poças Falcão, Raimundo Maria Correia Mendes, João Manuel Correia Taborda	1893

Governor	Rafael Jácome de Andrade	1893	1894	1st term

Interim Governor	João Manuel Correia Taborda	1894	2nd term

Government Council of the State of India	D. António Sebastião Valente, Archbishop of Goa and Patriarch of the East Indies, Francisco António Ochoa, Luís Carneiro de Sousa e Faro, João Manuel Correia Taborda	1894

Governor	Elesbão José de Bettencourt Lapa, Viscount of Vila Nova de Ourém	1894	1895

Governor	Rafael Jácome de Andrade	1895	1896	2nd term

Viceroy	Prince D. Afonso Henriques de Bragança, Duke of Porto	1896

Interim Governor	João António de Brissac das Neves Ferreira	1896	1897

Interim Governor	João Manuel Correia Taborda	1897	3rd term

Government Council of the State of India	D. António Sebastião Valente, Archbishop of Goa and Patriarch of the East Indies, Francisco António Ochoa, João de Melo Sampaio, João Manuel Correia Taborda	1897

Government Council of the State of India	D. António Sebastião Valente, Archbishop of Goa and Patriarch of the East Indies, Abel Augusto Correia do Pinto, João de Melo Sampaio, João Manuel Correia Taborda	1897

Governor	Joaquim José Machado	1897	1900

Governor	Eduardo Augusto Rodrigues Galhardo	1900	1905

Government Council of the State of India	D. António Sebastião Valente, Archbishop of Goa and Patriarch of the East Indies, Alfredo Mendonça David, José Emílio Santana da Cunha Castel-Branco, Francisco Maria Peixoto Vieira	1905

Governor	Arnaldo de Novais Guedes Rebelo	1905	1907

Government Council of the State of India	Bernardo Nunes Garcia, César Augusto Rancon, Francisco Maria Peixoto Vieira	1907

Governor	José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa	1907	1910

Governor-General	Francisco Manuel Couceiro da Costa	1910	1917

Interim Governor-General	Francisco Maria Peixoto Vieira	1917	1st term

Government Council of the State of India	Francisco Peixoto de Oliveira e Silva, Francisco Wolfgango da Silva, Francisco Maria Peixoto Vieira	1917

Governor-General	José de Freitas Ribeiro	1917	1919

Interim Governor-General	Augusto de Paiva Bobela da Mota	1919	1920

Governador-General	Jaime Alberto de Castro Morais	1920	1925

Interim Governor-General	Francisco Maria Peixoto Vieira	1925	2nd term

Governor-General	Mariano Martins	1925	1926

Interim Governor-General	Tito Augusto de Morais	1926

Interim Governor-General	Acúrcio Mendes da Rocha Dinis	1926	1927

Governor-General	Pedro Francisco Massano de Amorim	1927	1929

Interim Governor-General	Acúrcio Mendes da Rocha Dinis	1929

Governor-General	Alfredo Pedro de Almeida	1929	1930

Governor-General	João Carlos Craveiro Lopes	1930	1936

Interim Governor-General	Francisco Craveiro Lopes	1936	1938

Governor-General	José Ricardo Pereira Cabral	1938	1945

Interim Governor-General	Paulo Bénard Guedes	1945	1946

Governor-General	José Ferreira Bossa	1946	1947

Interim Governor-General	José Alves Ferreira	1947	1948

Governor-General	Fernando de Quintanilha e Mendonça Dias	1948	1952

Governor-General	Paulo Bénard Guedes	1952	1958

Governor-General	Manuel António Vassalo e Silva	1958	1961

Sentence(s)

In 1524 Vasco da Gama was appointed Governor of India, with the title of Viceroy, and was Count of Vidigueira.

final_sentence: In 1524 Vasco da Gama was appointed Governor of India, with the title of Viceroy, and was Count of Vidigueira.