Diocese of Porto Dioecesis Portugallensis Diocese do Porto | |
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Location | |
Country | Portugal |
Ecclesiastical province | Braga |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Braga |
Statistics | |
Area | 3,010 km2 (1,160 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 2,088,000 (est.) 1,890,000 (est.) (90.5%) |
Parishes | 477 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 588 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady in Porto |
Patron saint | Assumption of Mary |
Secular priests | 286 (diocesan) 179 (Religious Orders) 93 Permanent Deacons |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Manuel da Silva Rodrigues Linda |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga |
Auxiliary Bishops | Pio de Souza Armando Esteves Domingues Vitorino Soares[1][2] |
Bishops emeritus | João Miranda Teixeira Auxiliary Bishop (1983-2011) |
Map | |
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Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Porto (Latin: Dioecesis Portugallensis) (Oporto) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Portugal. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Braga. Its see at Porto is in the Norte region, and the second largest city in Portugal.[3]
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