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Suffragan diocese Vila Real, Portugal

Diocese of Vila Real

Villaregalen(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of St Dominic, Vila Real, in Vila Real, Portugal.

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Established
1922
Catholics
289,600
Priests
118
Territory
4,237 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
António Augusto de Oliveira Azevedo

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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.

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.

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