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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 ...
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 ...
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 .
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).
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.
As for the population without religious affiliation, the percentage is 13.7% among residents born in Portugal and 21.5% among residents born abroad. [10] Statistics Portugal made available, in November 2023, an anonymized microdata file for public use with a sample of 5% of the responses to the 2021 Census.
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.
Portugal: Ecclesiastical province: Évora: Statistics; Area: 13,547 km 2 (5,231 sq mi) Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006) 290,000 245,900 (84.8%) Information; Denomination: Roman Catholic: Rite: Latin Rite: Established: 4th century (As Diocese of Évora) 24 September 1540 (As Archdiocese of Évora) Cathedral: Cathedral of Our Lady of the ...