Diocese of

Setúbal

Portugal

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Area: 1,500 km²

Population: 545,800 Catholics (69.7% of 783,400 total) (2020)

Statistics: 57 parishes, 73 missions, 80 priests (60 diocesan, 20 religious), 12 deacons, 121 lay religious (21 brothers, 100 sisters), 9 seminarians (2020)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lisboa

Neighbouring Dioceses: Lisboa (↑), Évora (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Patron Saint: Imaculada Conceição da Virgem Santa Maria (December 8)

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History

1975.07.16: Established as Diocese of Setúbal (Português) / Setubalen(sis) (Latin) (from Patriarchal See of Lisboa, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Évora and Diocese of Beja)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Sé Catedral de Santa Maria da Graça, Setúbal, Setúbal
National Shrine: Santuário Nacional de Cristo Rei, Almada, Setúbal
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

All Churches (62)

Lisboa (↑), Évora (→)

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Setúbal (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Ornelas Carvalho, S.C.I. (68)
(2015.08.24 – 2022.01.28)

Bishop of Leiria–Fátima (Portugal)
President of Episcopal Conference of Portugal

Born:	1954.01.05 (Porto da Cruz, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1981.08.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.10.25

Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians) (2003.05.27 – 2015.05.25)

Bishop of Setúbal (Portugal) (2015.08.24 – 2022.01.28)

President of Episcopal Conference of Portugal (2020.06.16 – ...)

Bishop of Leiria–Fátima (Portugal) (2022.01.28 – ...)

Bishop Gilberto Délio Gonçalves Canavarro dos Reis (82)
(1998.04.23 – 2015.08.24)

Bishop emeritus of Setúbal (Portugal)

Born:	1940.05.27 (Vreia de Bornes, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.02.12

Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Mauretania (1988.10.29 – 1998.04.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Porto (Portugal) (1988.10.29 – 1998.04.23)

Bishop of Setúbal (Portugal) (1998.04.23 – 2015.08.24)

Bishop Manuel da Silva Martins
(1975.07.16 – 1998.04.23)

Born:	1927.01.20 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1951.08.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.10.26
Died:	2017.09.24 († 90)

Bishop of Setúbal (Portugal) (1975.07.16 – 1998.04.23)

as of 2022.06.30

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