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Diocese of Funchal
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The Diocese of Funchal is a Latin rite see covering the Madeira archipelago of Portugal, erected in 1514 and suffragan to the Patriarchate of Lisbon. It was briefly an archdiocese from 1533 to 1551 and is led by Bishop Nuno Brás da Silva Martins, who took office in 2019.
- Bishop
- Nuno Brás da Silva Martins
- Latin name
- Funchalen(sis)
- Erected
- 12 January 1514
- Cathedral
- Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Funchal
- Patron
- Saint James the Less
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Lisbon
- Catholics
- 250,300
- Chancery
- Curia Diocesana, Largo Visconde Ribeiro Real 49, 9000-038 Funchal codex, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal
- Telephone
- Tel. 291.74.13.37
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife ES 466 km
- San Cristóbal de Venezuela VE 467 km
- Islas Canarias ES 485 km
- Archdiocese of Rabat MA 949 km
- Diocese of Faro 952 km
- Diocese of Lisboa 974 km
Parishes near the see
- Nossa Senhora do Bom Caminho · Bom Caminho 1 km
- Santa Maria Madalena · Santa 1 km
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição · Cashinhas 1 km
- Nossa Senhora das Dores · Assomada 1 km
- Santa Cecília · Santa Cecília 1 km
- Cristo-Rei · Cristo Rei 2 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488,annuario · Annuario code 001001451 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08