Diocese of Santarém
Santaremen(sis) in Lusitania, già Scalabitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Santarém, Portugal
The Diocese of Santarém is a Latin rite see northeast of Lisbon, erected by Pope Paul VI in 1975 and suffragan to the Patriarchate of Lisbon. It marked its 50th anniversary in 2026 and is led by Bishop José Augusto Traquina Maria, who took office in 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 July 1975
- Latin
- Santaremen(sis) in Lusitania, già Scalabitan(us)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001002957
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 250,000
- Population
- 285,000
- Catholic share
- 87.7%
- Priests
- 50
- Catholics per priest
- 5,000
- Extent
- 3,202 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 78
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
- José Augusto Traquina Maria
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
Santarém Cathedral stands in Santarém, 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.
The province of Lisbon
A suffragan of Lisbon.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AngraAngra
- Diocese of FunchalFunchal
- Diocese of GuardaGuarda
- Diocese of Leiria–FátimaLeiria–Fátima
- Diocese of LisboaLisboa
- Diocese of Portalegre–Castelo BrancoPortalegre–Castelo Branco
- Diocese of SetúbalSetúbal
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 16 July 1975 by Pope Paul VI, the Diocese of Santarém (Latin: Dioecesis Santaremensis in Lusitania) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Portugal, suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Patriarchate of Lisbon. Its episcopal see at Santarém lies north-east of Lisbon. José Augusto Traquina Maria, appointed in 2017, is the current bishop.
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].