Diocese of Leiria-Fátima

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Diocese of Leiria-Fátima

Map of the Diocese of Leiria-Fátima
Basic data
Country Portugal
Metropolitan bishopric Patriarchate of Lisbon
Diocesan bishop António Cardinal Marto
Emeritus diocesan bishop Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva
surface 1,700 km²
Parishes 75 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 292,402 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 266,328 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 91.1%
Diocesan priest 90 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 64 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 1,729
Friars 77 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 655 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Portuguese
cathedral Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Conceição
Website www.leiria-fatima.pt

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Leiria-Fátima ( Latin Dioecesis Leiriensis-Fatimensis , Portuguese Diocese de Leiria-Fátima ) is in Portugal situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Leiria .

history

The diocese of Leiria-Fátima was on January 17, 1918 by Pope Benedict XV. with the Apostolic Constitution Quo vehementius re-established as the diocese of Leiria , after it had already existed from 1545 to 1881, and subordinated to the Patriarchate of Lisbon as a suffragan diocese. On May 13, 1984, the diocese of Leiria was renamed by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Qua pietate in the diocese of Leiria-Fátima .

See also

Web links

Commons : Diocese of Leiria-Fátima  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Benedictus XV: Const. Apost. Quo vehementius , AAS 10 (1918), n.3, p. 81ff.
  2. Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Qua pietate , AAS 76 (1984), n.10, pp. 833f.