Roman Catholicism in Portugal
- Roman Catholicism in Portugal
The Catholic Church in Portugal is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome.
The Catholic Church is the world's largest Christian Church, and its largest religious grouping. There are an estimated 9 million baptised Catholics in Portugal, in 21 dioceses, served by 4,000 priests, even if only a small amount of them are practising catholics.
Within Portugal the hierarchy consists of:
*Archbishopric
**Bishopric |
*Lisbon (with the dignity of Patriarchate)
**Angra
**Funchal
**Guarda
**Leiria-Fátima
**Portalegre-Castelo Branco
**Santarém
**Setúbal
*Braga
**Aveiro
**Bragança-Miranda
**Coimbra
**Lamego
**Porto
**Viana do Castelo
**Vila Real
**Viseu
*Évora
**Beja
**FaroPortugal is the location of one of the major Catholic pilgrim centres at Fátima.
ee also
*Religion in Portugal
*Portuguese Inquisition
*Ecclesiastical history of Braga
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