Diocese of Vila Real
Villaregalen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Vila Real, Portugal
The Diocese of Vila Real is a Latin Church diocese in northern Portugal, established in 1922 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Braga. Its see is the Cathedral of St Dominic and it is led by Bishop António Augusto de Oliveira Azevedo, appointed in 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 April 1922
- Latin
- Villaregalen(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001000105
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 289,600
- Population
- 293,400
- Catholic share
- 98.7%
- Priests
- 118
- Catholics per priest
- 2,454
- Extent
- 4,237 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 68
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
- António Augusto de Oliveira Azevedo
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
Cathedral of St Dominic, Vila Real stands in Vila Real, 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 Braga
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Braga.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AveiroAveiro
- Archdiocese of BragaBraga
- Diocese of Bragança–MirandaBragança–Miranda
- Diocese of CoimbraCoimbra
- Diocese of LamegoLamego
- Diocese of PortoPorto
- Diocese of Viana do CasteloViana do Castelo
- Diocese of ViseuViseu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Diocese of Vila Real (Latin: Dioecesis Villaregalensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Portugal, dates from 1922, when it was assembled from territories belonging to the diocese of Bragança-Miranda, the archdiocese of Braga, and the diocese of Lamego. Located in the Norte region with its see at the Cathedral of Vila Real, it is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Braga.
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].