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) |
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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]