Diocese of Beja
Beien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Beja, Portugal
The Diocese of Beja is a Latin Church diocese in southern Portugal, restored in 1770 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Évora. Its current bishop is Fernando Maio de Paiva, appointed in 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 July 1770
- Latin
- Beien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001000869
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 173,125
- Population
- 223,200
- Catholic share
- 77.6%
- Priests
- 51
- Catholics per priest
- 3,395
- Extent
- 12,300 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 14
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
- Fernando Maio de Paiva
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. James the Greater stands in Beja, 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 Évora
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Évora.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of FaroFaro
- Archdiocese of ÉvoraÉvora
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Portugal, the Diocese of Beja (Latin: Dioecesis Beiensis) belongs as a suffragan to the archdiocese of Évora.
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].