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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 .
It is Portugal's largest religion and its former state religion, and has existed in the territory since the Iberian Peninsula was ruled by the Roman Empire. There are an estimated nine million baptised Catholics in Portugal (84% of the population) in twenty dioceses, served by 2789 priests. Although a large number wish to be baptized, married ...
Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Portugal (3 C, 3 P) R. Roman Catholic bishops of Macau (10 P) Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Agaña (5 C, 4 P) S.
Note: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) divides the non-exempt dioceses of the United States (including Alaska, Hawaii, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) into fourteen geographical regions—termed "Bishops' Regions" for the Latin Church provinces—and a fifteenth "region" that consists of the Eastern Catholic eparchies.
The first percentage, 4th column, is the percentage of population that is Catholic in a region (number in the region x 100 / total population of the region). The last column shows the national Catholic percentage compared to the total Catholic population of the world (number in the region x 100 / total RC population of the world).
Map Website The Diocese of Guarda ( Latin : Dioecesis Aegitaniensis ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in central eastern Portugal , a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Latin Patriarchate of Lisbon in southern Portugal.
Nominated in 1640 by Philip III of Portugal but did not receive approval from Pope Urban VIII. X: Sebastião César de Menezes: Nominated in 1641, 1659, and 1669 by John IV of Portugal, but not approved by the Pope: X: Pedro VII de Menezes: X: Luis de Souza: 60: Nicolau Monteiro: December 1581 [96] 15 December 1670 [97] 20 December 1672: 20 ...