Roman Catholic Diocese of Aveiro

Diocese of the Catholic Church

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Diocese of Aveiro Dioecesis Aveirensis Diocese de Aveiro

Cathedral of Aveiro
Location
Country	Portugal
Ecclesiastical province	Braga
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Braga
Statistics
Area	1,537 km² (593 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2012) 314,800 274,400 (87.2%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	24 August 1938
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Dominic in Aveiro
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	António Manuel Moiteiro Ramos
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jorge IV
Map

Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Aveiro (Latin: Dioecesis Aveirensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Portugal. It has existed since 1938 when the historical dioceses of Coimbra, Porto, and Viseu were combined. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Braga.^[1] In 2012, it had 274,400 baptized over 314,800 inhabitants.

Its see at Aveiro is also the capital of the district of Aveiro. The bishop is António Manuel Moiteiro Ramos, appointed in 2014.^[2]

List of Bishops of Aveiro

António Freire Gameiro de Sousa (1774–1799)
António José Cordeiro (1801–1813)
Manuel Pacheco de Resende (1815–1837)
António de Santo Ilídio da Fonseca e Silva (1840
António Mendes Bello (1881), Diocesan administrator
João Evangelista de Lima Vidal (1940–1958)
Domingos da Apresentação Fernandes (1958–1962)
Manuel de Almeida Trindade (1962–1988)
António Baltasar Marcelino (January 20, 1988 – September 21, 2006)
António Francisco dos Santos (September 21, 2006 – February 21, 2014)
António Manuel Moiteiro Ramos (July 4, 2014- )

Territory

The territory covers 1,537 km² and is divided into 101 parishes, grouped into 10 archipresbiterati, corresponding to the 10 municipalities of the district.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

^ Aveiro (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]. Accessed 23 February 2024.
^ Bishop António Manuel Moiteiro Ramos [Catholic-Hierarchy]. Accessed 23 February 2024.