Portuguese military ordinariate
| Portuguese military ordinariate | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Portugal |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Diocesan bishop | Rui Manuel Sousa Valério SMM |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Januário Torgal Mendes Ferreira |
| Parishes | 36 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Diocesan priest | 33 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Igreja da Memória |
| Website | www.ecclesia.pt |
The Portuguese Military Ordinariate ( Portuguese Ordinariato Castrense de Portugal and Diocese das Forças Armadas e de Segurança ) is the military ordinariate in Portugal and is responsible for the Portuguese Armed Forces .
history
The Portuguese Military Ordinary cares for members of the Portuguese Armed Forces of Catholic denominations with pastoral care. It was established by Pope Paul VI. Established on May 29, 1966 as a military vicariate . According to a mutual decision between the Holy See and the Portuguese Republic, the seat of the Portuguese military ordinariate is in Lisbon . It was raised to a diocese on July 21, 1986 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Spirituali militum curae .
Military bishops
| No. | Surname | Office | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manuel Cardinal Gonçalves Cerejeira | Patriarch of Lisbon | 1966 | 1972 |
| 2 | António Cardinal Ribeiro | Patriarch of Lisbon | January 24, 1972 | March 24, 1998 |
| 3 | Januário Torgal Mendes Ferreira | May 3, 2001 | October 10th, 2013 | |
| 4th | Manuel da Silva Rodrigues Linda | October 10th, 2013 | 15th March 2018 | |
| 5 | Rui Manuel Sousa Valério SMM | October 27, 2018 |