Roman Catholic Diocese of Porto, Portugal

Diocese of Porto

*Dioecesis Portugallensis*

Diocese do Porto
Diocese of Porto; Dioecesis Portugallensis; Diocese do Porto
	Porto Cathedral
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
Bishops emeritus	João Miranda Teixeira Auxiliary Bishop (1983-2011)
Map
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]

^ Vatican Press Office, Bulletin, 19 January 2016
^ English translation, via Microsoft translator, of the Vatican Press Bulletin, 19 January 2016.
^ David M. Cheney, Catholic-hierarchy.org"Diocese of Porto (Portugal)"; retrieved: 27 December 2018' ^{[self-published source]}