uda ism ▁to ▁Catholic ism , ▁the ▁Con vers os , ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁New ▁Christians , ▁Con vers os ▁or ▁Mar ran os , ▁who ▁were ▁sus pected ▁of ▁secret ly ▁pract icing ▁J uda ism . ▁Many ▁of ▁these ▁were ▁originally ▁Spanish ▁Jews ▁who ▁had ▁left ▁Spain ▁for ▁Portugal , ▁when ▁Spain ▁forced ▁Jews ▁to ▁convert ▁to ▁Christian ity ▁or ▁leave . ▁The ▁number ▁of ▁vict ims ▁is ▁estimated ▁as ▁around ▁ 4 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁As ▁in ▁Spain , ▁the ▁In quisition ▁was ▁subject ▁to ▁the ▁authority ▁of ▁the ▁King . ▁It ▁was ▁head ed ▁by ▁a ▁Grand ▁In quis itor , ▁or ▁General ▁In quis itor , ▁named ▁by ▁the ▁Pope ▁but ▁selected ▁by ▁the ▁king , ▁always ▁from ▁within ▁the ▁royal ▁family . ▁The ▁Grand ▁In quis itor ▁would ▁later ▁nomin ate ▁other ▁in quis itors . ▁In ▁Portugal , ▁the ▁first ▁Grand ▁In quis itor ▁was ▁D . ▁Di ogo ▁da ▁Silva , ▁personal ▁conf essor ▁of ▁King ▁John ▁III ▁and ▁Bishop ▁of ▁Ce uta . ▁He ▁was ▁followed ▁by ▁Card inal ▁Henry , ▁brother ▁of ▁John ▁III , ▁who ▁would ▁later ▁become ▁king . ▁There ▁were ▁Cour ts ▁of ▁the ▁In quisition ▁in ▁Lis bon , ▁Co im bra , ▁and ▁É v ora , ▁and ▁for ▁a ▁short ▁time ▁( 1 5 4 1 ▁until ▁c . ▁ 1 5 4 7 ) ▁also ▁in ▁Porto , ▁Tom ar , ▁and ▁Lam ego . ▁ ▁It ▁held ▁its ▁first ▁auto -