Diocese of Bragança–Miranda
Brigantien(sis)-Miranden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bragança–Miranda, Portugal
The Diocese of Bragança-Miranda is a Latin Church diocese in northeastern Portugal, originating as the Diocese of Miranda do Douro in 1545 with the seat later moved to Bragança, and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Braga. Its current bishop is Nuno Manuel dos Santos Almeida, appointed in 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 May 1996
- Latin
- Brigantien(sis)-Miranden(sis)
- Patron
- san Benito de Nursia
- Annuario code
- 001000944
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 125,600
- Population
- 151,900
- Catholic share
- 82.7%
- Priests
- 85
- Catholics per priest
- 1,478
- Extent
- 6,545 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 19
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
- Nuno Manuel dos Santos Almeida
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 Our Lady the Queen stands in Bragança–Miranda, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St. Mary.
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:
- Diocese of AveiroAveiro
- Archdiocese of BragaBraga
- 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
In the north-east of Portugal lies the Diocese of Bragança-Miranda (Latin: Dioecesis Brigantiensis-Mirandensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church and a suffragan of the archdiocese of Braga. It has two seats: the Cathedral of Braganza and the Co-Cathedral of Miranda do Douro.
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].