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Latin patriarchate Lisboa, Portugal

Diocese of Lisboa

Lisbonen(sis)

Latin Church

The Patriarchate of Lisbon is the metropolitan archdiocese of Portugal's capital, a Latin rite see elevated to patriarchal rank in 1716. It heads the ecclesiastical province of Lisbon with seven suffragan dioceses and is led by Patriarch Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, who took office in 2023.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Lisbon Cathedral, in Lisboa, Portugal.

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Established
1147
Catholics
1,462,050
Priests
281
Territory
3,735 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Rui Manuel Sousa Valério
Born
24 December 1964
Birthplace
Vila Nova de Ourém
Institute
COMPAGNIA DI MARIA (MONFORTANI)

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The cathedral

Lisbon Cathedral stands in Lisboa, 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.

History

Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, is the seat of the Metropolitan Patriarchate of Lisbon (Latin: Patriarchatus Metropolitæ Olisiponensis), a Latin Church patriarchal archdiocese of the Catholic Church. Its archiepiscopal see is the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. Mary Major in Lisbon. Three minor basilicas belong to the patriarchate: the Basilica of Our Lady of the Martyrs and the Basilica of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Estrela, both in Lisbon, and the Basilica of Our Lady and St. Anthony in Mafra. It also holds two World Heritage Site monasteries, the Monastery of the Hieronymites in Lisbon and the Monastery of Saint Mary of Alcobaça in Alcobaça.