Diocese of Beja
| Diocese of Beja | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Portugal |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Évora |
| Diocesan bishop | José dos Santos Marcos |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | António Vitalino Fernandes Dantas OCarm |
| surface | 12,300 km² |
| Parishes | 120 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 209,800 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 174,200 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 83% |
| Diocesan priest | 42 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 13 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,167 |
| Permanent deacons | 10 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Friars | 14 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 48 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Sé Catedral de São Tiago Maior |
| Website | Website of the Diocese of Beja |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Beja ( Latin Dioecesis Beiensis , Portuguese Diocese de Beja ) is in Portugal situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in the town of Beja in the region Alentejo .
history
Isolated sources suggest that there were bishops in Beja as early as late antiquity . From the 6th to 8th In the 19th century, other bishop names have been handed down. In the time of the Islamic - Moorish occupation of the south of the Iberian Peninsula his traces are lost. The modern diocese of Beja was established on July 10, 1770 by Pope Clement XIV as part of the Apostolic Constitution Agrum Universalis Ecclesiae from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Évora and subordinated to this as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Beja
- Manuel do Cenáculo Vilas Boas TOR , 1770–1802, then Archbishop of Évora
- Francisco Leitão de Carvalho , 1802-1806
- Joaquim do Rosario Vieira, OFM , 1807-1808
- Luís da Cunha de Abreu e Melo , 1820–1833
- Manuel Pires de Azevedo Loureiro , 1844–1848
- José Xavier de Cerveira e Sousa , 1848–1859, then Bishop of Viseu
- José António da Mata e Silva , 1859–1860, then Archbishop of Évora
- Antonio da Trindade de Vasconcellos Pereira de Melo , 1861–1863, then Bishop of Lamego
- Antonio Saverio de Souza Monteiro , 1883–1907
- Sebastião Leite de Vasconcellos , 1907-1919
- José del Patrocinio Dias , 1920–1965
- Manuel Dos Santos Rocha , 1965-1980
- Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão , 1980–1999
- António Vitalino Fernandes Dantas OCarm , 1999-2016
- José dos Santos Marcos , since 2016
See also
Web links
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