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Roman Catholic Diocese of Porto, Portugal

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]

This article is about diocese in Portugal. For the cardinalate based in Rome, see Suburbicarian Diocese of Porto e Santa Rufina.

Diocese of Porto

Dioecesis Portugallensis

Diocese do Porto

Portugal

Braga

Archdiocese of Braga

3,010 km2 (1,160 sq mi)

(as of 2016)
2,088,000 (est.)
1,890,000 (est.) (90.5%)

477

Roman Catholic

Latin Church

Roman Rite

588

Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady in Porto

Assumption of Mary

286 (diocesan)
179 (Religious Orders)
93 Permanent Deacons

Francis

Manuel da Silva Rodrigues Linda

Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortiga

Pio de Souza
Armando Esteves Domingues
Vitorino Soares[1][2]

João Miranda Teixeira Auxiliary Bishop (1983-2011)

Porto and timeline

history

Almeida, Fortunato da (1917). História da igreja em Portugal, Volume 3, parte 2. Coimbra: Imprensa académica, 1917.

Cheney, David M. (16 August 2006). . The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. Retrieved 12 December 2006.

"Porto (Diocese)"

Pedro Sainz de Barada, "Clave de la España Sagrada," Tomo XXII (Madrid 1853), pp. 110–113. [Bishops, 1766–1852]

Coleccion de Documentos Ineditos para la Historia de Espana

Da Cunha, Rodrigo (1623). (in Portuguese). Porto: Joao Rodriguez.

Catalogo e historia dos Bispos do Porto

Enrique Flórez; Manuel Risco; Antolín Merino; et al. (1766). (in Spanish). Vol. Tomo XXI (Porto, Galicia). Madrid: M. F. Rodriguez.

España sagrada

Knight, Kevin. . The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume IX. Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved 12 December 2006.

"Catholic Encyclopedia: Oporto"

Mattoso, José (1968). Le monachisme ibérique et Cluny: les monastères du diocèse de Porto de l'an mille à 1200. Louvain: Publications de l'Université de Louvain, 1968. (in French)

Peres, Damião; António Cruz; Bernardo Gabriel Cardoso Jr.; B. Xavier Coutinho; Conde de Campo Belo; Cruz Malpique; Artur Magalhães Basto; Eugénio da Cunha e Freitas; João Pinto Ferreira; Luís de Pina; Torquato Soares. "O Porto, Cidade Episcopal: Séculos XII a XIV". In Livraria Civilização Editora (ed.). História da Cidade do Porto (in Portuguese). illustrated by Gouvêa Portuense. Portucalense Editora. pp. 159–297.  972-26-0391-4.

ISBN

Thomás (da Encarnação da Costa e Lima) (1762). (in Latin). Vol. Tomus III. Colimbriae: Ex praelo academia pontificiae.

Historia ecclesiae Lusitanae