Diocese of Viana do Castelo
Vianen(sis) Castelli
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Viana do Castelo, Portugal
The Diocese of Viana do Castelo is a Latin Church diocese in northern Portugal, established in 1977 from the Archdiocese of Braga, to which it is suffragan. Its see is the Cathedral of St Mary Major and it is led by Bishop João Evangelista Pimentel Lavrador.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 November 1977
- Latin
- Vianen(sis) Castelli
- Patron
- Assumption of Mary
- Annuario code
- 001000096
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 245,217
- Population
- 253,310
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 96.8%
- Priests
- 143
- Catholics per priest
- 1,715
- Extent
- 2,108 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 116
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
- Bishop
- João Evangelista Pimentel Lavrador
- Born
- 18 February 1956
- Birthplace
- Seixo de Mira
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
Cathedral of St Mary Major, Viana do Castelo stands in Viana do Castelo, 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 Braga
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Braga.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AveiroAveiro
- Archdiocese of BragaBraga
- Diocese of Bragança–MirandaBragança–Miranda
- Diocese of CoimbraCoimbra
- Diocese of LamegoLamego
- Diocese of PortoPorto
- Diocese of Vila RealVila Real
- Diocese of ViseuViseu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In existence since 1977, the Diocese of Viana do Castelo (Latin: Dioecesis Vianensis Castelli) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the Norte Region of Portugal, with its see at Viana do Castelo. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Braga, and João Evangelista Pimentel Lavrador is the current bishop.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.