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Metropolitan see Évora, Portugal

Archdiocese of Évora

Eboren(sis)

Latin Church

The Archdiocese of Évora is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in the Alentejo region of southern Portugal, raised to archiepiscopal rank in 1544. It heads the ecclesiastical province of Évora, with Beja and Faro as suffragan dioceses, and is led by Archbishop Francisco Senra Coelho, appointed in 2018.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Évora, in Évora, Portugal.

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Established
1165
Catholics
245,900
Priests
76
Territory
13,547 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Francisco José Villas-Boas Senra de Faria Coelho

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Évora stands in Évora, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

With Évora Cathedral as its see, the Archdiocese of Évora (Latin: Archidioecesis Eborensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Portugal whose suffragans are the diocese of Beja and the diocese of Faro. Francisco José Vilas Boas Senra de Faria Coelho has been archbishop of Évora since 2018, while José Francisco Sanches Alves, who held the office from 2008 to 2018, is archbishop emeritus.

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