Diocese of Portalegre-Castelo Branco Dioecesis Portalegrensis-Castri Albi Diocese de Portalegre-Castelo Branco | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Portugal |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lisbon |
| Metropolitan | Patriarchate of Lisbon |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 9,150 km2 (3,530 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 250,541 248,923 (99.4%) |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 2 April 1550 (As Diocese of Portalegre) 18 July 1956 (As Diocese of Portalegre-Castelo Branco) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Portalegre |
| Co-cathedral | Cathedral of St Michael in Cathedral of Castelo Branco |
| Patron saint | St Augustine of Hippo |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Manuel III |
| Bishops emeritus | Augusto César Alves Ferreira da Silva Bishop Emeritus (1978-2004) |
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The Diocese of Portalegre–Castelo Branco (Latin: Dioecesis Portalegrensis–Castri Albi) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in Portugal. It has carried this name since 1956, when the historical diocese of Portalegre was renamed. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Lisbon.[1]