Continent: West Europe
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Viana do Castelo / Vianen(sis) Castelli (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Braga
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Patron Saint: Assunção da Virgem Santa Maria (August 15)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 3
Bishop (2021.09.21 – ...): | Bishop João Evangelista Pimentel Lavrador (68) |
Bishops of Viana do Castelo (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop João Evangelista Pimentel Lavrador (68) Bishop of Viana do Castelo (Portugal)
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Bishop Anacleto Cordeiro Gonçalves de Oliveira
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Bishop José Augusto Martins Fernandes Pedreira
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Bishop Armindo Lopes Coelho
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Archbishop Júlio Tavares Rebimbas
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Area: 2,255 km²
Population: 211,000 Catholics (91.1% of 231,488 total)
Pastoral Centres: 291 parishes
Personnel: 143 priests (134 diocesan, 9 religious), 97 religious (9 brothers, 88 sisters), 9 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.03.04
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