José de Bragança, Archbishop of Braga

José of Braganza, Archbishop of Braga was a natural son of Portuguese [List of Portuguese people|Portuguese monarchs|King] Peter II and a Portuguese lady named Francisca Clara da Silva.
He was born on 6 May 1703 in Lisbon, Portugal. He studied at the University of Évora and achieved a doctorate in Theology. He became Archbishop of Braga in 1739 and was consecrated in 1741. He built in Braga the Sete Fontes, a water supply system. He died on 3 June 1756 in Ponte de Lima and is also buried there. He was succeeded in his position by another natural-born noble, Gaspar of Braganza, Archbishop of Braga, illegitimate son of his half-brother John V of Portugal.