Archdiocese of Braga
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Archdiocese of Braga
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| Country | Portugal |
| Diocesan bishop | Jorge Ortiga |
| Auxiliary bishop | Nuno Manuel dos Santos Almeida |
| Vicar General | José Paulo Leite de Abreu Valdemar Gonçalves |
| Episcopal Vicar | Dário Simões Costa Pedroso SJ Luís Miguel Figueiredo Rodrigues Manuel Joaquim Fernandes da Costa Roberto Rosmaninho Mariz |
| surface | 2,857 km² |
| Parishes | 551 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Residents | 990.700 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics | 909.900 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| proportion of | 91.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 366 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious priest | 129 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,838 |
| Permanent deacons | 11 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Friars | 257 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious sisters | 430 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Sé Catedral de Santa Maria |
| Website | www.diocese-braga.pt |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Aveiro Diocese of Bragança-Miranda Diocese of Coimbra Diocese of Lamego Diocese of Porto Diocese of Viana do Castelo Diocese of Vila Real Diocese of Viseu |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga ( Latin Archidioecesis bracarensis , Portuguese Arquidiocese de Braga ) is in Portugal situated Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Braga .
history
The Archdiocese of Braga was established as the Diocese of Braga in the 4th century . In the 12th century, the diocese of Braga was elevated to an archdiocese. The Archdiocese of Braga gave up on March 23, 1545 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Miranda . Further territorial assignments took place on April 20, 1922 to found the diocese of Vila Real and on November 3, 1977 to found the diocese of Viana do Castelo .
In May 2020, two archdiocese priests were charged with sexual abuse by the diocesan child protection commission. One of the priests had been a member of the diocesan curia shortly before the report, the other had already died at the time of the report. According to the archdiocese, both cases were statute-barred under church and criminal law; The archdiocese would report the living priest if he was notified of cases that were not yet statute-barred.
The Archbishop of Braga is also the Primate of Portugal.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Patrícia Carvalho: Prescreveram dois casos de alegados abusos denunciados na arquidiocese de Braga. Public of May 19, 2020
Web links
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of Braga (Portuguese)
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Braga on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
