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Diocese of Portalegre-Castelo Branco

Dioecesis Portalegrensis-Castri Albi



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 18 July 1956
  • Metropolitan: Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Portugal
  • Square Kilometers: 9,149 (3,533 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.portalegre-castelobranco.pt/
  • Mailing Address: Bispado, Largo do Paco s/n, 7300-095 Portalegre; Apartado 20, 7301-095 Portalegre, Portugal
  • Telephone: 245.30.94.80

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Portalegre
2 April 1550ErectedArchdiocese of Évora
Diocese of Guarda
Diocese of Portalegre (erected)
30 September 1881Territory AddedDiocese of Castelo Branco (suppressed) Diocese of Portalegre
Diocese of Portalegre-Castelo Branco
18 July 1956Name ChangedDiocese of Portalegre Diocese of Portalegre-Castelo Branco
11 October 1965Territory LostDiocese of Portalegre-Castelo Branco (Maria Gomes, Travessa, and Porto de Lage) Diocese of Coimbra

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Portalegre
1949319,080348,18491.6%1591592,006144154ap1951
Diocese of Portalegre-Castelo Branco
1969350,524354,27598.9%178191971,77936197106ap1971
1980289,900292,20099.2%140171571,84623177161ap1981
1990299,500302,00099.2%122171392,15424206158ap1991
1999258,762260,38099.4%98131112,331713201162ap2000
2000256,840258,45899.4%99101092,356710192161ap2001
2001254,909256,52799.4%103141172,178617167162ap2002
2002253,165254,78399.4%103141172,1631216180162ap2003
2003251,324252,94299.4%99151142,2041215194162ap2004
2004248,923250,54199.4%89151042,3931215179162ap2005
2013228,186231,80498.4%7113842,7161313127161ap2014
2016202,806220,04692.2%6413772,633131387161ap2017
2019197,799209,03994.6%5612682,908131270161ap2020
2021194,800203,14295.9%5514692,823131472161ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Portalegre
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 285
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 108
  • Diocese of Portalegre-Castelo Branco
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 49, Page 35, and Page 36

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