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Continent: West Europe
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Area: 3,203 km²
Population: 230,300 Catholics (81.6% of 282,400 total) (2020)
Statistics: 113 parishes, 253 missions, 59 priests (50 diocesan, 9 religious), 16 deacons, 113 lay religious (11 brothers, 102 sisters), 5 seminarians (2020)
Ecclesiastical Province: Lisboa
Neighbouring Dioceses: Lisboa (↙), Leiria–Fátima (↑), Coimbra (↗), Portalegre–Castelo Branco (→), Évora (↘)
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Patron Saint: Imaculada Conceição da Virgem Santa Maria (December 8)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: July 16
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
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as of 2022.06.30
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