Denomination Roman Catholic Established 24 August 1938 Area 1,537 km² Cathedral Cathedral of Aveiro | Rite Latin Rite Pope Francis Country Portugal Metropolitan archbishop Jorge Ortiga | |
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Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2012)
314,800
274,400 (87.2%) Bishop António Francisco dos Santos Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga | ||
The Portuguese Roman Catholic Diocese of Aveiro (Latin: Dioecesis Aveirensis) has existed since 1938. In that year it was formed as territories taken from the historical diocese of Coimbra, diocese of Porto and diocese of Viseu were combined. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Braga.
Its see at Aveiro is also the capital of the district of Aveiro. The bishop is António Francisco dos Santos, appointed in 2006.
List of Bishops of Aveiro
- António Freire Gameiro de Sousa (1774–1799)
- António José Cordeiro (1801–1813)
- Manuel Pacheco de Resende (1815–1837)
- António de Santo Ilídio da Fonseca e Silva (1840
- António Mendes Bello (1881), Diocesan administrator
- João Evangelista de Lima Vidal (1940–1958)
- Domingos da Apresentação Fernandes (1958–1962)
- Manuel de Almeida Trindade (1962–1988)
- António Baltasar Marcelino (January 20, 1988-September 21, 2006)
- António Francisco dos Santos (since September 21, 2006)
References
Roman Catholic Diocese of Aveiro Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA