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Diocese of Guarda

Dioecesis Aegitaniensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 6th Century
  • Metropolitan: Patriarchate of Lisboa {Lisbon}
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Portugal
  • Square Kilometers: 6,759 (2,610 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesedaguarda.pt/
  • Mailing Address: Rua do Encontro 35, 6300-704 Guarda, Portugal
  • Telephone: 271.212.959

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
6th CenturyErectedDiocese of Guarda (erected)
10 November 1394Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Guarda (from Santiago de Compostela)
2 April 1550Territory LostArchdiocese of Évora
Diocese of Guarda
Diocese of Portalegre (erected)
7 June 1771Territory LostDiocese of Guarda Diocese of Castelo Branco (erected)
30 September 1881Territory AddedDiocese of Pinhel (suppressed) Diocese of Guarda

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1949424,000424,51299.9%31263181,33310170356ap1951
1970374,946375,25499.9%302163181,17921285358ap1971
1980327,000328,00099.7%235192541,28724190360ap1981
1990290,000295,00098.3%197202171,33629119362ap1991
1999250,000265,00094.3%173161891,32219142361ap2000
2000250,000265,00094.3%168151831,36617137361ap2001
2001250,000265,00094.3%169151841,35817150361ap2002
2002250,000265,00094.3%171171881,32920136361ap2003
2003250,000265,00094.3%169171861,34435130361ap2004
2004250,000260,00096.2%160171771,41229121361ap2005
2006250,700260,70096.2%150141641,52816127361ap2007
2013254,300265,00096.0%127151421,7901826104361ap2014
2016251,100261,70095.9%114161301,9311727100361ap2017
2019249,000259,57095.9%102131152,1651713107367ap2020
2021249,250259,88095.9%97131102,265211380361ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 235
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 149
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 190, and Page 191
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 180
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 192
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 205
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 100, to Page 102

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