Awards and Medals:

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• Commander of the Military Order of Sant'Iago da Espada de Portugal, by the President of the Republic, António Ramalho Eanes, on June 30, 1983.

• Degree of Officier des Arts et des Lettres, awarded by the French Government in 1984.

• Grand Cross of the Order of Merit, by the President of the Republic, Mário Soares, on February 4, 1989.

• Medal of Merit District of Setúbal, awarded as part of the commemorations of the Day of Portugal, in Setúbal, in 1991.

• Gold Medal from the Municipality of Almada, in 1994.

• Medal of Honor of Seixal, in 1999.

• Gold Medal of the Municipality of Vila Velha de Ródão, in 2014.

• Grand Cross of the Order of Infante D. Henrique, by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, on March 16, 2017.

• Gold Medal of the Municipality of Castelo Branco, on March 20, 2017.

• Magister di Civiltà Amalfitana, awarded in the XVII edition of the “Capodanno Byzantine”, in Italy, on September 1, 2017.

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Awards:

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• Sebastião de Almeida Prize awarded by the  National Secretariat for Information, Popular Culture and Tourism  (SNI), in 1954.

• "Diplome d'Honneur de l'Académie Internationale de la Céramique", at the Ceramics Festival in Cannes, in 1955.

• 1st prize in the competition for the ceramic covering of the buildings of the University City of Lisbon, in 1955.

• Lusíada Trophy, awarded annually by Elos Clube, to individuals who distinguished themselves in the dissemination of Portugal abroad, in 1984.

• 1st International Grand Prix Viaggio attraveso la Cerâmica de Vietri sul Mare, Italy, in 1999.

• Manuel Cargaleiro International Museum/Fundations Project Award, in Portugal and Italy, by APOM – Portuguese Association of Museology, in 2012.

• Work of Life Award. 2014, of the SOS Azulejo project, dedicated to safeguarding and enhancing the Portuguese tile heritage and coordinated by the Judiciary Police Museum.

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Other honors:

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• His name was given to the Manuel Cargaleiro Secondary School, located in Fogueteiro, parish of Amora, municipality of Seixal.

• Its name was given to the Manuel Cargaleiro Square located outside the Cargaleiro Museum, in Castelo Branco (Portugal).

1949: Participates in the First Exhibition of Modern Ceramics organized by António Ferro, in the Exhibition Room of the National Information Secretariat. Popular Culture and Tourism (SNI), at Palácio Foz, in Lisbon.

1950: Organizes, with the Municipal Tourism Commission of the Municipality of Almada, the 1st Salão de Artes Plásticas da Caparica, in Almada.

1951: Participates in the Second Exhibition of Modern Ceramics, where he receives an honorable mention.

1952: Has his first solo exhibition, held in the SNI Exhibition Hall. In the same year, he participated in the Third Exhibition of Modern Ceramics, where he received an honorable mention, and in the collective exhibition Mostruário da Arte e da Vida Metropolitana, as part of the Commemorations of the IV Centenary of the Death of São Francisco Xavier, organized by the Agência Geral do Ultramar, in Goa.

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1953: Exhibits painting for the first time at the Young Painting Salon, at Galeria de Março, in Lisbon.

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1954: Presents the individual exhibition Cerâmicas by Manuel Cargaleiro, at the 24th exhibition at Galeria de Março, in Lisbon. In the same year, he received the Sebastião de Almeida plastic arts prize, for ceramists, awarded by the SNI. It is still in 1954 that he begins his activity as professor of Ceramics at the António Arroio School of Decorative Arts, in Lisbon. It is also this year that he meets Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Árpád Szenes and Roger Bissière.

1955: Directs the ceramic work on the Via Sacra stations in the Sanctuary of Fátima, designed by Lino António. That same year, he participated in the group exhibition Fifth International Exhibition of Ceramic Art, at the Kiln Club of Washington, in Washington, DC, and received the Diplôme d'Honnneur de l'Académie Internationale de la Céramique (AIC), on the occasion of his participation in the 1st International Ceramique Festival, Cannes. He also participates in a group exhibition with Fernando Lemos and Marcelino Vespeira, at Galeria Pórtico, in Lisbon.

1956: Participates in the First Salon of Today's Artists, at the National Society of Fine Arts (SNBA), in Lisbon. That same year:

• Receives the first prize in the competition for the ceramic covering of the buildings of the University City of Lisbon.

• Creates ceramic panels for the Municipal Garden of Almada.

• He created the tile panel for the façade of the new Igreja de Santo António, in Moscavide.

1957: Receives a grant from the Italian Government, through the Instituto de Alta Cultura, which allows him to visit Italy and study the art of ceramics in Faença, with Giuseppe Liverani, Rome and Florence. That same year, he moved to Paris.

In 1958, he received a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation for an internship at the Faiencerie de Gien, under the guidance of Roger Bernard. That same year:

• Participates in the XVI Concorso nazionale della ceramica: Faenza at the Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza (MIC). It offers pieces of popular ceramics, two panels and a vase of his own for the reconstruction of the Portuguese section of the MIC, which was badly damaged during the Second World War.

• Participates in the III Plastic Arts Exhibition, at Convento dos Capuchos, in Almada.

1959:  Acquires a studio at 19 Rue des Grands-Augustins, in Paris, where he takes up residence. That same year:

• Participates in a group exhibition, with Camille Bryen, Jean Arp and Max Ernst, at Galerie Edouard Loeb, in Paris.

• Participates in the exhibition Céramiques Contemporaines, at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Ostend, Belgium.

1960: Participates in the 1st Illustrated Poetry Exhibition, at Café Dragão Vermelho, Almada. Participates in the group exhibition Arte Moderna, at Café Dragão Vermelho, Almada. Participates in the IV Plastic Arts Exhibition, at Convento dos Capuchos, in Almada. Participates in the AIC exhibition at the Musée Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland. Group exhibition at Galerie Edouard Loeb, Paris.