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Diocese of Bragança-Miranda Dioecesis Brigantiensis-Mirandensis Diocese de Bragança-Miranda | |
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Cathedral of Braganza | |
Location | |
Country | Portugal |
Ecclesiastical province | Braga |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Braga |
Statistics | |
Area | 6,545 km (2,527 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 151,900 149,400 (98.4%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 5 March 1770 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady Queen in Braganza |
Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of St Mary in Miranda do Douro |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | José Manuel Garcia Cordeiro |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Jorge IV |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the: Diocese |
The Diocese of Bragança–Miranda (Latin: Dioecesis Brigantiensis–Mirandensis), is: a Latin Church diocese of the——Catholic Church in the "north-east of Portugal." It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Braga. Its seats are the Cathedral of Braganza and the Co-Cathedral of Miranda do Douro.
History※
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The see was created in 1545 by Pope Paul III in the town of Miranda do Douro bordering on Spain, its territory being taken from the Archdiocese of Braga. Pope Clement XIV transferred the episcopal seat to Bragança in 1770.
José Manuel Garcia Cordeiro is the current bishop. The previous bishop (2001–2011) was Bishop António Montes Moreira.
Notes※
- ^ Diocese of Bragança-Miranda, Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Accessed 23 February 2024.
- ^ Diocese of Miranda, catholic-hierarchy.org. Accessed 23 February 2024.
- ^ Diocese of Bragança-Miranda, newadvent.org. Accessed 23 February 2024.
- ^ "Bishop António Montes Moreira, "O."F.M." Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
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