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Suffragan diocese Setúbal, Portugal

Diocese of Setúbal

Setubalen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Setúbal is a Latin Church diocese in Portugal, erected in 1975 and suffragan to the Patriarchate of Lisbon. Its see is Our Lady of Grace Cathedral, and it is led by Cardinal Américo Aguiar, appointed in 2023.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Our Lady of Grace Cathedral, Setúbal, in Setúbal, Portugal.

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Established
1975
Catholics
550,000
Priests
86
Territory
1,500 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar
Born
12 December 1973
Birthplace
Leça do Balio

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The cathedral

Our Lady of Grace Cathedral, Setúbal stands in Setúbal, 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

South of Lisbon, with its see at Setúbal, lies the Diocese of Setúbal (Latin: Dioecesis Setubalensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in Portugal. In existence since 1975, it is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Lisbon.

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