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Diocese of

Bragança–Miranda

Portugal Portugal

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bragança–Miranda (Português) / Brigantien(sis)–Miranden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Braga

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Churches by City (361)

Lamego (↙), Vila Real (←), Ourense (↖), Astorga (↑), Zamora (→), Salamanca (↘), Guarda (↓), Ciudad Rodrigo (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.05.19 – ...):Bishop Nuno Manuel dos Santos Almeida (61)Bishop Nuno Manuel dos Santos Almeida (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bragança–Miranda (Roman Rite)

Bishop Nuno Manuel dos Santos Almeida (61)Bishop Nuno Manuel dos Santos Almeida (61)
(2023.05.19 – ...)

Bishop of Bragança–Miranda (Portugal)

Born:1962.08.01 (Pedrosinhas, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1986.10.19
Consecrated Bishop:2016.01.31

Priest of Viseu (Portugal) (1986.10.19 – 2015.11.21)

Titular Bishop of Ruspæ (2015.11.21 – 2023.05.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Braga (Portugal) (2015.11.21 – 2023.05.19)

Bishop of Bragança–Miranda (Portugal) (2023.05.19 – ...)

Archbishop José Manuel Garcia Cordeiro (56)Bishop José Manuel Garcia Cordeiro (56) (later Archbishop)
(2011.07.18 – 2021.12.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal)

Ad docendum Christi mysteria

Born:1967.05.29 (Vila Nova de Seles, Angola)
Ordained Priest:1991.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:2011.10.02

Priest of Bragança–Miranda (Portugal) (1991.06.16 – 2011.07.18)

Bishop of Bragança–Miranda (Portugal) (2011.07.18 – 2021.12.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal) (2021.12.03 – ...)

Bishop António Montes Moreira, O.F.M. (88)Bishop António Montes Moreira, O.F.M. (88)
(2001.06.13 – 2011.07.18)

Bishop emeritus of Bragança–Miranda (Portugal)

Born:1935.04.30 (São Tomé do Castelo, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1958.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:2001.10.14

Bishop of Bragança–Miranda (Portugal) (2001.06.13 – 2011.07.18)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Portugal (2005 – 2008)

Bishop António José Rafael
(1996.05.27 – 2001.06.13)

A graça e a verdade por Jesus

Born:1925.11.11 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1948.08.22
Consecrated Bishop:1977.02.13
Died:2018.07.29 († 92)

Titular Bishop of Budua (1976.12.02 – 1979.02.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal) (1976.12.02 – 1979.02.26)

Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal) (1979.02.26 – 1996.05.27)

Bishop of Bragança–Miranda (Portugal) (1996.05.27 – 2001.06.13)

Bishops of Bragança e Miranda (Roman Rite)

Bishop António José Rafael
(1979.02.26 – 1996.05.27)

(see above)

Bishop Manuel de Jesus Pereira
(1965.02.20 – 1978.09.11)

Born:1911.01.28 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1933.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:1948.08.15
Died:1978.09.11 († 67)

Auxiliary Bishop of Funchal (Portugal) (1948.02.07 – 1953)

Titular Bishop of Prænetus (1948.02.07 – 1965.02.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal) (1953 – 1965.02.20)

Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal) (1965.02.20 – 1978.09.11)

Bishop Abílio Augusto Vaz das Neves
(1938.12.08 – 1965.02.20)

Born:1894.06.08 (India)
Ordained Priest:1919.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:1934.01.28
Died:1980.03.07 († 85)

Bishop of Cochin (India) (1933.12.04 – 1938.12.08)

Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal) (1938.12.08 – 1965.02.20)

Titular Bishop of Silli (1965.02.20 – 1971.01.27)

Bishop Luís António de Almeida
(1932.10.07 – 1935.10.04)

Born:1872.07.20 (Portugal)
Died:1941.04.19 († 68)

Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal) (1932.10.07 – 1935.10.04)

Titular Bishop of Arena (1935.10.04 – 1941.04.19)

Bishop António Bento Martins Júnior (later Archbishop)
(1928.06.23 – 1932.07.14)

Born:1881.05.05 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1903.10.25
Consecrated Bishop:1928.08.15
Died:1963.08.19 († 82)

Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal) (1928.06.23 – 1932.07.14)

Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus (1932.07.14 – 1932.09.28)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Braga (Portugal) (1932.07.14 – 1932.09.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal) (1932.09.28 – 1963.08.19)

Bishop José Leite Lopes de Faria
(1915.10.05 – 1927.08.23)

Born:1876.05.12 (Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:1916
Died:1927.08.23 († 51)

Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal) (1915.10.05 – 1927.08.23)

Bishop José Alves de Mariz
(1885.07.30 – 1912.08.26)

Born:1844.02.05 (Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:1885.11.15
Died:1912.08.26 († 68)

Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal) (1885.07.30 – 1912.08.26)

Bishop Manuel Bernardo de Sousa Enes (蘇)
(1883.08.09 – 1885.07.30)

Born:1814.11.05 (Vila do Topo, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1845.11.09
Consecrated Bishop:1874.12.27
Died:1887.09.08 (Portalegre, Portugal † 72)

Bishop of Macau 澳門 (Macau) (1874.06.15 – 1883.08.09)

Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal) (1883.08.09 – 1885.07.30)

Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal) (1885.07.30 – 1887.09.08)

Bishop José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Martens
(1875.02.16 – 1883.08.09)

Born:1815.04.08 (Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:1875.06.06
Died:1884.11.20 († 69)

Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal) (1875.02.16 – 1883.08.09)

Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal) (1883.08.09 – 1884.11.20)

Bishop José Luís Alves Feijó
(1871.06.26 – 1874.11.07)

Born:1816.01.08 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1838.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:1865.11.12
Died:1874.11.07 († 58)

Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde) (1865.09.25 – 1871.06.26)

Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal) (1871.06.26 – 1874.11.07)

Bishop João de Aguiar
(1857.08.03 – 1871.05.02)

Born:1796.05.14 (Portugal)

Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal) (1857.08.03 – 1871.05.02)

Bishop José Manuel de Lemos
(1854.04.07 – 1856.09.18)

Born: (Portugal)
Died:1870

Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal) (1854.04.07 – 1856.09.18)

Bishop of Viseu (Portugal) (1856.09.18 – 1858.09.27)

Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal) (1858.09.27 – 1870)

Bishop Joaquim Pereira Ferraz, O.S.B.
(1849.09.28 – 1853.03.10)

Born:1788.09.27
Died:1873 († 85)

Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal) (1849.09.28 – 1853.03.10)

Bishop of Leiria (Portugal) (1853.03.10 – 1873)

Bishop José António da Silva Rebelo, C.M.
(1832.07.02 – 1846)

Died:1846

Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal) (1832.07.02 – 1846)

Bishop José Maria de Santana e Noronha
(1824.05.24 – 1829.12.25)

Died:1829.12.25

Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal) (1824.05.24 – 1829.12.25)

Bishop Luiz de Castro Pereira, C.S.I.
(1821.04.21 – 1822.08.01)

Born:1768.01.18 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1793.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:1805.07.14
Died:1822.08.01 († 54)

Titular Bishop of Ptolemais (1804.10.29 – 1822.08.01 not possessed)

Bishop-Prelate of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1804.10.29 – 1822.08.01)

Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal) (1821.04.21 – 1822.08.01)

Bishop António Luís da Veiga Cabral e Câmara
(1793.06.17 – 1819.06.13)

Died:1819.06.13

Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal) (1793.06.17 – 1819.06.13)

Bishop Bernardo Pinto Ribeiro Seixas
(1780.09.27 – 1792.09.09)

Born:1717
Died:1792.09.09 († 75)

Bishop of Bragança (Portugal) (1773.07.12 – 1780.09.27)

Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal) (1780.09.27 – 1792.09.09)

Bishops of Bragança (Roman Rite)

Bishop Bernardo Pinto Ribeiro Seixas
(1773.07.12 – 1780.09.27)

(see above)

Bishop Miguel António Barreto de Meneses
(1770.07.10 – 1773.07.12)

Bishop of Bragança (Portugal) (1770.07.10 – 1773.07.12)

Bishop of Miranda (Portugal) (1773.07.12 – 1780.08.08)

Former Prelates

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Statistics

Area: 6,599 km²

Population: 126,130 Catholics (94.4% of 133,680 total) (2020)

Statistics: 321 parishes, 85 priests (75 diocesan, 10 religious), 12 deacons, 127 religious (12 brothers, 115 sisters) (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Benedict of Norcia (July 11)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 7 (2001), November 16

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History

Last updated on 2023.09.24

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