Portuguese Inquisition

General Council of the Holy Office of the Inquisition in Portugal

Conselho Geral do Santo Ofício da Inquisição

Portuguese Inquisition
Coat of arms or logo
Seal of the Inquisition
Type
Type
Council under the election of the Portuguese monarchy
History
Established23 May 1536
Disbanded31 March 1821
SeatsConsisted of a Grand Inquisitor, who headed the General Council of the Holy Office
Elections
Grand Inquisitor chosen by the Crown and named by the Pope
Meeting place
Portuguese Empire
Headquarters: Estaus Palace, Lisbon
Footnotes
See also:
Medieval Inquisition
Spanish Inquisition
Goa Inquisition

The Portuguese Inquisition (Portuguese: Inquisição Portuguesa), officially known as the General Council of the Holy Office of the Inquisition in Portugal, was formally established in Portugal in 1536 at a long-standing request of King John III.

It was one of three different manifestations of the wider Christian Inquisition, along with the Spanish Inquisition and Roman Inquisition, that survived in the period after the Medieval Inquisition. The Goa Inquisition was an extension of the Portuguese Inquisition in colonial-era Portuguese India. The Portuguese Inquisition was terminated in 1821.


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