Diocese of Aveiro
Aveiren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Aveiro, Portugal
The Diocese of Aveiro is a Latin Church diocese in Portugal, established in 1938 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Braga. Its current bishop is António Manuel Moiteiro Ramos, appointed in 2014.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 April 1774
- Latin
- Aveiren(sis)
- Patron
- santa Juana de Portugal y Coímbra
- Annuario code
- 001000760
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 274,400
- Population
- 314,800
- Catholic share
- 87.2%
- Priests
- 87
- Catholics per priest
- 3,154
- Extent
- 1,537 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 179
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
- António Manuel Moiteiro Ramos
- Born
- 17 May 1956
- Birthplace
- Aldeia de João Pires
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 St. Dominic stands in Aveiro, 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 Braga
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Braga.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BragaBraga
- Diocese of Bragança–MirandaBragança–Miranda
- Diocese of CoimbraCoimbra
- Diocese of LamegoLamego
- Diocese of PortoPorto
- Diocese of Viana do CasteloViana do Castelo
- Diocese of Vila RealVila Real
- Diocese of ViseuViseu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Formed in 1938 by combining territory from the historical dioceses of Coimbra, Porto, and Viseu, the Diocese of Aveiro (Latin: Dioecesis Aveirensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Portugal and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Braga. Its see at Aveiro is also the capital of the district of Aveiro. In 2012 the diocese counted 274,400 baptized among 314,800 inhabitants. António Manuel Moiteiro Ramos, appointed in 2014, is the bishop.
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].