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Metropolitan see Braga, Portugal

Archdiocese of Braga

Bracaren(sis)

Latin Church

The Archdiocese of Braga is a metropolitan Latin Church see in northern Portugal, one of the oldest in the country with roots in the 4th century and metropolitan status from 1071. Its current archbishop, who holds the title Primate of the Spains, is José Manuel Garcia Cordeiro, appointed in 2021.

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The address the register holds for Braga Cathedral, in Braga, Portugal.

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Established
1071
Catholics
886,300
Priests
483
Territory
2,857 km²

Parishes and churches

557 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
José Manuel Garcia Cordeiro
Born
29 May 1967
Birthplace
Capolo-Uruku Seles

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The cathedral

Braga Cathedral stands in Braga, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Distinctive for its use of the Rite of Braga, a liturgical use set apart from the Roman Rite and other Latin liturgical rites, the Archdiocese of Braga (Latin: Archidioecesis Bracarensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Portugal. As a metropolitan see it presides over the suffragan dioceses of Aveiro, Bragança-Miranda, Coimbra, Lamego, Porto, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real, and Viseu.

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