Diocese of Angra
Angren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Angra, Portugal
The Diocese of Angra is a Latin Church diocese covering the Azores archipelago of Portugal, erected in 1534 and suffragan to the Patriarchate of Lisbon. Its current bishop is Armando Esteves Domingues, in office since 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 November 1534
- Latin
- Angren(sis)
- Patron
- São Salvador do Mundo (Holy Savior) and Blessed John Baptist Machado
- Annuario code
- 001000693
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 205,360
- Population
- 236,440
- Catholic share
- 86.9%
- Priests
- 132
- Catholics per priest
- 1,556
- Extent
- 2,243 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 92
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Armando Esteves Domingues
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 the Holy Savior stands in Angra, 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 Lisbon
A suffragan of Patriarchate of Lisbon.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of FunchalFunchal
- Diocese of GuardaGuarda
- Diocese of Leiria–FátimaLeiria–Fátima
- Diocese of LisboaLisboa
- Diocese of Portalegre–Castelo BrancoPortalegre–Castelo Branco
- Diocese of SantarémSantarém
- Diocese of SetúbalSetúbal
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, the Catholic Church maintains the Diocese of Angra (Portuguese: Diocese de Angra, Latin: Dioecesis Angrensis), a Latin Church diocese. Its see is located in Angra do Heroísmo on the island of Terceira, and the current Ordinary is Armando Esteves Domingues.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].