Bishop of Portalegre (1615–18)Bishop of Porto (1618–27) D. Rodrigo da Cunha (1577 – 3 January 1643) was a Portuguese prelate of the first half of the seventeenth century and who, as Archbishop of Lisbon, played an important role in supporting the restoration of Portuguese independence from Spain.

In his religious career, he passed the Holy Office as a deputy, and was an inquisitor in Lisbon.

During the Portuguese Restoration War, he supported the revolutionaries and, together with the Archbishop of Braga, ruled the kingdom until the return of João IV.

His name appears as one of the main presences in the "Act of Accession and Oath of King John IV" performed on 15 December 1640.

[3] As a historian, D. Rodrigo da Cunha contributed to the historiography of the Church in Portugal, writing several works on Braga, Porto and Lisbon.