Portalegre-Castelo Branco diocese
| Portalegre-Castelo Branco diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Portugal |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Patriarchate of Lisbon |
| Diocesan bishop | Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Augusto César Alves Ferreira da Silva CM |
| surface | 9,149 km² |
| Parishes | 161 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 220.046 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 202,806 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 92.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 64 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,634 |
| Permanent deacons | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 87 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Assunção in Portalegre |
| Co-cathedral | Sé Concatedral de São Miguel Arcanjo in Castelo Branco |
| Website | www.portalegre-castelobranco.pt |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portalegre-Castelo Branco ( Latin Dioecesis Portalegrensis-Castri Albi , Portuguese Diocese de Portalegre-Castelo Branco ) is in Portugal situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Portalegre .
history
The diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco was on April 2, 1550 by Pope Julius III. established with the Apostolic Constitution Pro Excellenti Apostolicae Sedis from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Évora and the Diocese of Guarda as the Diocese of Portalegre and subordinated to the Patriarchate of Lisbon as a suffragan . On September 30, 1881 the diocese Portalegre by Pope Leo XIII. affiliated with the Apostolic Constitution Gravissimum Christi, the dioceses of Castelo Branco and Elvas . The diocese Portalegre was renamed on July 18, 1956 in the Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco .
See also
Web links
Cathedral of Nossa Senhora da Assunção in Portalegre
São Miguel Arcanjo co- cathedral in Castelo Branco
