Diocese of Lisboa
Lisbonen(sis)
Latin patriarchate · Latin Church · Lisboa, Portugal
The Patriarchate of Lisbon is the metropolitan archdiocese of Portugal's capital, a Latin rite see elevated to patriarchal rank in 1716. It heads the ecclesiastical province of Lisbon with seven suffragan dioceses and is led by Patriarch Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, who took office in 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Latin patriarchate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1147
- Latin
- Lisbonen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Vincent of Saragossa
- Annuario code
- 001000578
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,462,050
- Population
- 1,617,390
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 90.4%
- Priests
- 281
- Catholics per priest
- 5,203
- Extent
- 3,735 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 391
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Rui Manuel Sousa Valério
- Born
- 24 December 1964
- Birthplace
- Vila Nova de Ourém
- Institute
- COMPAGNIA DI MARIA (MONFORTANI)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Lisbon Cathedral stands in Lisboa, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Lisbon
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AngraAngra
- Diocese of FunchalFunchal
- Diocese of GuardaGuarda
- Diocese of Leiria–FátimaLeiria–Fátima
- Diocese of Portalegre–Castelo BrancoPortalegre–Castelo Branco
- Diocese of SantarémSantarém
- Diocese of SetúbalSetúbal
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, is the seat of the Metropolitan Patriarchate of Lisbon (Latin: Patriarchatus Metropolitæ Olisiponensis), a Latin Church patriarchal archdiocese of the Catholic Church. Its archiepiscopal see is the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. Mary Major in Lisbon. Three minor basilicas belong to the patriarchate: the Basilica of Our Lady of the Martyrs and the Basilica of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Estrela, both in Lisbon, and the Basilica of Our Lady and St. Anthony in Mafra. It also holds two World Heritage Site monasteries, the Monastery of the Hieronymites in Lisbon and the Monastery of Saint Mary of Alcobaça in Alcobaça.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.