List of colonial heads of Cacheu
The territory is located in Guinea-Bissau.
TenureIncumbentNotesPortuguese SuzeraintyJuly 1615 - April 1619Baltasar Pereira de Castelo-Branco, AdministratorApril 1619 - July 1620António de Proença, AdministratorJuly 1620 - 1620Francisco de Moura, Administrator1620 - September 1623Francisco de Távora, Administratorc. 1625 - c. 1632Francisco Sodré Pereira, Administrator163? - 1634Francisco Nunes de Andrade, Administrator1634Domingos Lobo Reimão, Administratorc. 1635 - 163?Manuel Ferreira de Brito, AdministratorFunctions ceased163? - 1641Luís de Magalhães, Captain-Major1641 - 1644Gonçalo de Gamboa de Ayala, Captain-Major1st Term, died in 16501644Paulo Barradas da Silva, Captain-Majorin office, died in 16471644 - 1649Gonçalo de Gamboa de Ayala, Captain-Major2nd Term, died in 16501648 - 1649Belchior Teixeira Cabral, Captain-MajorCaptain Major under office by Gonçalo de Gamboa Ayala1649 - 1650Gaspar Vogado, Captain-Majorin office1650António Mendes Arnaut, Captain-Major1650 - 1654João Carreiro Fidalgo, Captain-Majorc. 1655Manuel Paços de Figueiroa, Captain-Major1655 - 1657Francisco Pereira da Cunha, Captain-Major1657 - 1662Manuel Dias Cotrim, Captain-Major1662 - 1664António da Fonseca de Ornelas, Captain-Major1664 - 1667?João de Carvalho Moutinho, Captain-Major1667 - 1670?Manuel de Almeida, Captain-Major1670? - 167?Ambrósio Gomes, Captain-Majorin function (1621–1679)c. 1671Manuel Pacheco de Melo, Captain-Majorc. 1671 - c. 1673Manuel Moniz de Mendonça, Captain-Majorc. 1674 - 1676Sebastião Vidigal da Rosa, Captain-Major1676 - 1682António de Barros Bezerra, Captain-Major1st Term1682 - 1685Gaspar da Fonseca Pacheco, Captain-Major1685 - 1686João Gonçalves de Oliveira, Captain-Major1686 - 1688António de Barros Bezerra, Captain-Major2nd Term1688 - 1689Rodrigo de Oliveira da Fonseca, Captain-Major1689 - 1690José Pinheiro da Câmara, Captain-Major1st Term1690 - 1691Domingos Monteiro de Carvalho, Captain-Majordied in office1691 - 7 January 1692Santos Vidigal Castanho, Captain-Major1st Term, died in 17077 January 1692 – 15 March 1694José Pinheiro da Câmara, Captain-Major2nd Term1694 - 1706Santos Vidigal Castanho, Captain-Major2nd Term, died in 17071706 - Junho de 1708Paulo Gomes de Abreu e Lima, Captain-Major(1664 - 17??)1708 - 1715..., Captain-Major1715 - 1719António de Barros Bezerra, Jr., Captain-Major1st Term, died in 17371719 - 17??Inácio Lopes Ferreira, Captain-Major17?? - c. 1721Manuel Lopes Lobo, Captain-Major1st Termc. 1721 - 17??António de Barros Bezerra, Jr., Captain-Major2nd Term, died in 1737c. 1723 - 1727?Pedro de Barros, Captain-Major1727? - 1730?Manuel Lopes Lobo, Captain-Major2nd Term1730 - 1731João Perestrelo, Captain-Major1731 - 1734António de Barros Bezerra, Jr., Captain-Major3rd Term, died in 17371733 - c. 1737João Pereira de Carvalho, Captain-Majorc. 1737 - c. 1740Damião de Bastos, Captain-Majorc. 1741 - 174?Nicolau de Pina de Araújo, Captain-Majorc. 1744Manuel Pires Correia, Captain-Majorc. 1747Dionísio de Carvalho de Abreu, Captain-Major1748 - 1751João de Távora, Captain-Major(1703–1752)1751 - c. 1755Francisco Roque Souto-Maior, Captain-Majorc. 1765 - 1766Sebastião da Cunha Souto-Maior, Captain-Major1766 - 1770Bernardo de Azevedo Coutinho, Captain-Major1770 - c. 1775José Vicente Pereira, Captain-Major1775 - 1780António Vaz de Araújo, Captain-Major2 June 1781 – December 1783Pedro Correia de Seabra, Captain-Major17 de Dezembro de 1783 - 7 de Abril de 1784António Teles de Meneses, Captain-MajorDied in office1784? - 1786João Pereira Barreto, Captain-MajorIn officeMay 1786 - c. October 1788Luís Pedro de Araújo e Silva, Captain-Majorc. 1788Lopo de Almeida Henriques, Captain-MajorMay 1793 - 1797Francisco Joaquim de Almeida Henriques, Captain-MajorDecember 1797 - March 1801Manuel Pinto de Gouveia, Captain-Major1801–1803 José Joaquim de Sousa Torvão, Captain-Major1803–1804João António Pinto, Captain-Major1804 João Pereira Barreto, Jr, Captain_Major1.º Mandato1804-1811João António Pinto, Captain-Major16 February 1812 – 22 August 1814Joaquim José Rebelo de Figueiredo e Góis, Captain-MajorApril 1815 – 1818João Cabral da Cunha Godolfim, Captain-Major1st TermDecember 1818 – 1819João Teles de Meneses Drummond, Captain-Major1st Term1820–1821José Correia de Barros, Captain-MajorApril 1821 – 1823João de Araújo Gomes, Captain-MajorDecember 1823–1826 João Cabral da Cunha Godolfim, Captain-Major2nd Term1826–182?António Tavares da Veiga Santos, Captain-Major1829-182?José Joaquim Lopes de Lima, Captain-Major1830-183?João Cabral da Cunha Godolfim, Captain-Major3rd Term30 March 1834 – 1835Honório Pereira Barreto, Captain-Major1st Term (1833–59)c. 1835–1837José António Ferreira, Captain-Major1838–18??Delfim José dos Santos, Captain-MajorOctober 1842 – 1844António dos Santos Chaves, Captain-MajorAugust 1844 – 1846José Xavier do Crato, Captain-Major1st Term1846–1848Honório Barreto, Captain-Major2nd Term1848–c. 1849José Xavier do Crato, Captain-Major2nd Term1852–1854Honório Barreto, Captain-Major3rd Termc. 1864 - c. 1865Joaquim Alberto Marques, Governor of Praça de Cacheuc. 1868 - c. 1871João Carlos Cordeiro Lobo de Almeida Neto Fortes, Governor of Praça de Cacheu
See also Guinea-Bissau Heads of State of Guinea-Bissau Heads of Government of Guinea-Bissau Colonial Heads of Portuguese Guinea Colonial Heads of Bissau lists of incumbents List of national leaders