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Suffragan diocese Portalegre–Castelo Branco, Portugal

Diocese of Portalegre–Castelo Branco

Portalegren(sis)-Castri Albi

Latin Church

The Diocese of Portalegre-Castelo Branco is a Latin rite see in the Alentejo and Beira Baixa regions of Portugal, erected at Portalegre in 1550 and given its current name in 1956. Suffragan to the Patriarchate of Lisbon, it received its new bishop, Pedro Fernandes of the Spiritans, who took office in November 2025.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Portalegre, in Portalegre–Castelo Branco, Portugal.

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Established
1550
Catholics
248,923
Priests
66
Territory
9,150 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Pedro Alexandre Simões Gouveia Fernandes

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The cathedral

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

Its co-cathedral is Cathedral of St. Michael, Castelo Branco.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

Since 1956, when the historical diocese of Portalegre was renamed, this Portuguese see has been known as the Diocese of Portalegre-Castelo Branco (Latin: Dioecesis Portalegrensis-Castri Albi). A Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church, it is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Lisbon.

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