# List of captains-major of Cacheu
## List of colonial heads of Cacheu

The territory is located in Guinea-Bissau.
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
| Portuguese Suzerainty |||
| July 1615 - April 1619 | Baltasar Pereira de Castelo-Branco, Administrator | |
| April 1619 - July 1620 | António de Proença, Administrator | |
| July 1620 - 1620 | Francisco de Moura, Administrator | |
| 1620 - September 1623 | Francisco de Távora, Administrator | |
| c. 1625 - c. 1632 | Francisco Sodré Pereira, Administrator | |
| 163? - 1634 | Francisco Nunes de Andrade, Administrator | |
| 1634 | Domingos Lobo Reimão, Administrator | |
| c. 1635 - 163? | Manuel Ferreira de Brito, Administrator | Functions ceased |
| 163? - 1641 | Luís de Magalhães, Captain-Major | |
| 1641 - 1644 | Gonçalo de Gamboa de Ayala, Captain-Major | 1st Term, died in 1650 |
| 1644 | Paulo Barradas da Silva, Captain-Major | in office, died in 1647 |
| 1644 - 1649 | Gonçalo de Gamboa de Ayala, Captain-Major | 2nd Term, died in 1650 |
| 1648 - 1649 | Belchior Teixeira Cabral, Captain-Major | Captain Major under office by Gonçalo de Gamboa Ayala |
| 1649 - 1650 | Gaspar Vogado, Captain-Major | in office |
| 1650 | António Mendes Arnaut, Captain-Major | |
| 1650 - 1654 | João Carreiro Fidalgo, Captain-Major | |
| c. 1655 | Manuel Paços de Figueiroa, Captain-Major | |
| 1655 - 1657 | Francisco Pereira da Cunha, Captain-Major | |
| 1657 - 1662 | Manuel Dias Cotrim, Captain-Major | |
| 1662 - 1664 | António da Fonseca de Ornelas, Captain-Major | |
| 1664 - 1667? | João de Carvalho Moutinho, Captain-Major | |
| 1667 - 1670? | Manuel de Almeida, Captain-Major | |
| 1670? - 167? | Ambrósio Gomes, Captain-Major | in function (1621–1679) |
| c. 1671 | Manuel Pacheco de Melo, Captain-Major | |
| c. 1671 - c. 1673 | Manuel Moniz de Mendonça, Captain-Major | |
| c. 1674 - 1676 | Sebastião Vidigal da Rosa, Captain-Major | |
| 1676 - 1682 | António de Barros Bezerra, Captain-Major | 1st Term |
| 1682 - 1685 | Gaspar da Fonseca Pacheco, Captain-Major | |
| 1685 - 1686 | João Gonçalves de Oliveira, Captain-Major | |
| 1686 - 1688 | António de Barros Bezerra, Captain-Major | 2nd Term |
| 1688 - 1689 | Rodrigo de Oliveira da Fonseca, Captain-Major | |
| 1689 - 1690 | José Pinheiro da Câmara, Captain-Major | 1st Term |
| 1690 - 1691 | Domingos Monteiro de Carvalho, Captain-Major | died in office |
| 1691 - 7 January 1692 | Santos Vidigal Castanho, Captain-Major | 1st Term, died in 1707 |
| 7 January 1692 – 15 March 1694 | José Pinheiro da Câmara, Captain-Major | 2nd Term |
| 1694 - 1706 | Santos Vidigal Castanho, Captain-Major | 2nd Term, died in 1707 |
| 1706 - Junho de 1708 | Paulo Gomes de Abreu e Lima, Captain-Major | (1664 - 17??) |
| 1708 - 1715 | ..., Captain-Major | |
| 1715 - 1719 | António de Barros Bezerra, Jr., Captain-Major | 1st Term, died in 1737 |
| 1719 - 17?? | Inácio Lopes Ferreira, Captain-Major | |
| 17?? - c. 1721 | Manuel Lopes Lobo, Captain-Major | 1st Term |
| c. 1721 - 17?? | António de Barros Bezerra, Jr., Captain-Major | 2nd Term, died in 1737 |
| c. 1723 - 1727? | Pedro de Barros, Captain-Major | |
| 1727? - 1730? | Manuel Lopes Lobo, Captain-Major | 2nd Term |
| 1730 - 1731 | João Perestrelo, Captain-Major | |
| 1731 - 1734 | António de Barros Bezerra, Jr., Captain-Major | 3rd Term, died in 1737 |
| 1733 - c. 1737 | João Pereira de Carvalho, Captain-Major | |
| c. 1737 - c. 1740 | Damião de Bastos, Captain-Major | |
| c. 1741 - 174? | Nicolau de Pina de Araújo, Captain-Major | |
| c. 1744 | Manuel Pires Correia, Captain-Major | |
| c. 1747 | Dionísio de Carvalho de Abreu, Captain-Major | |
| 1748 - 1751 | João de Távora, Captain-Major | (1703–1752) |
| 1751 - c. 1755 | Francisco Roque Souto-Maior, Captain-Major | |
| c. 1765 - 1766 | Sebastião da Cunha Souto-Maior, Captain-Major | |
| 1766 - 1770 | Bernardo de Azevedo Coutinho, Captain-Major | |
| 1770 - c. 1775 | José Vicente Pereira, Captain-Major | |
| 1775 - 1780 | António Vaz de Araújo, Captain-Major | |
| 2 June 1781 – December 1783 | Pedro Correia de Seabra, Captain-Major | |
| 17 de Dezembro de 1783 - 7 de Abril de 1784 | António Teles de Meneses, Captain-Major | Died in office |
| 1784? - 1786 | João Pereira Barreto, Captain-Major | In office |
| May 1786 - c. October 1788 | Luís Pedro de Araújo e Silva, Captain-Major | |
| c. 1788 | Lopo de Almeida Henriques, Captain-Major | |
| May 1793 - 1797 | Francisco Joaquim de Almeida Henriques, Captain-Major | |
| December 1797 - March 1801 | Manuel Pinto de Gouveia, Captain-Major | |
| 1801–1803 | José Joaquim de Sousa Torvão, Captain-Major | |
| 1803–1804 | João António Pinto, Captain-Major | |
| 1804 | João Pereira Barreto, Jr, Captain_Major | 1.º Mandato |
| 1804-1811 | João António Pinto, Captain-Major | |
| 16 February 1812 – 22 August 1814 | Joaquim José Rebelo de Figueiredo e Góis, Captain-Major | |
| April 1815 – 1818 | João Cabral da Cunha Godolfim, Captain-Major | 1st Term |
| December 1818 – 1819 | João Teles de Meneses Drummond, Captain-Major | 1st Term |
| 1820–1821 | José Correia de Barros, Captain-Major | |
| April 1821 – 1823 | João de Araújo Gomes, Captain-Major | |
| December 1823–1826 | João Cabral da Cunha Godolfim, Captain-Major | 2nd Term |
| 1826–182? | António Tavares da Veiga Santos, Captain-Major | |
| 1829-182? | José Joaquim Lopes de Lima, Captain-Major | |
| 1830-183? | João Cabral da Cunha Godolfim, Captain-Major | 3rd Term |
| 30 March 1834 – 1835 | Honório Pereira Barreto, Captain-Major | 1st Term (1833–59) |
| c. 1835–1837 | José António Ferreira, Captain-Major | |
| 1838–18?? | Delfim José dos Santos, Captain-Major | |
| October 1842 – 1844 | António dos Santos Chaves, Captain-Major | |
| August 1844 – 1846 | José Xavier do Crato, Captain-Major | 1st Term |
| 1846–1848 | Honório Barreto, Captain-Major | 2nd Term |
| 1848–c. 1849 | José Xavier do Crato, Captain-Major | 2nd Term |
| 1852–1854 | Honório Barreto, Captain-Major | 3rd Term |
| c. 1864 - c. 1865 | Joaquim Alberto Marques, Governor of Praça de Cacheu | |
| c. 1868 - c. 1871 | João Carlos Cordeiro Lobo de Almeida Neto Fortes, Governor of Praça de Cacheu | |