Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Roman Catholic Church in Portugal is composed only of a Latin hierarchy, joint in the national episcopal conference of Portugal (Conferência Episcopal Portuguesa ), consisting of three ecclesiastical provinces , headed by Metropolitan Archbishops (one of which (Lisbon) holds the superior rank of Patriarch), with a total of 17 suffragan ...
Pages in category "Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Portugal" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Portugal is the location of one of the major Catholic shrines and Marian pilgrimage sites, at Fátima, honouring Our Lady of Fátima. The northern city of Braga is an important Catholic centre. A Portuguese saying which lists characteristics of different cities states that "Coimbra studies, Braga prays, Lisbon shows off and Porto works". [14]
Print/export Download as PDF ... Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Portugal (3 C, 3 P) M. ... Pages in category "Catholic Church in Portugal"
List of Catholic dioceses in Portugal From a page move : This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name.
A crusader's account of that event refers to the local "elderly Bishop of the city" being slain "against all right and justice", by marauding Flemish and German crusaders, in direct defiance of the terms of the city's rendition. [1] As Portugal grew in political importance and colonial possessions the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan of Lisbon ...
Three other bishops of note were Rodrigo da Cunha (1627–35), historian of the church in Portugal and author of a monograph on the Bishops and Archbishops of Braga; Rodrigo de Moura Teles (1704–28), who sponsored the restoration of the cathedral; and Diogo de Sousa, bishop of Porto (1496-1505) and Archbishop of Braga (1505-1532), protector ...
The following is a list of churches in Portugal by district or autonomous region. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( December 2014 )