| Tenure
|
Incumbent
|
Notes
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| 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 |
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