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Diocese of Viseu

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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 572
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Braga
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Portugal
  • Square Kilometers: 3,400 (1,313 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesedeviseu.pt/
  • Mailing Address: Casa Episcopal, Rua Nunes de Carvalho 12, 3500-163 Viseu, Portugal
  • Telephone: 232.423.338

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
572ErectedDiocese of Viseu (erected)
24 August 1938Territory LostDiocese of Coimbra (Águeda, Anadia, Aveiro, Ílhavo, Oliveira do Bairrom, and Vagos)
Diocese of Porto (Albergaria-a-Velha, Estarreja, and Murtosa)
Diocese of Viseu (Sever do Vouga)
Diocese of Aveiro

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950300,000300,49899.8%2252251,333127201ap1951
1969305,488306,43499.7%21992281,33911196151ap1971
1980316,000329,00096.0%18581931,63711167203ap1981
1990315,000326,00096.6%185131981,59016140205ap1991
1999269,519280,70996.0%165221871,44129134207ap2000
2000272,355283,70396.0%163211841,48037137207ap2001
2001313,776330,29195.0%165191841,70536131207ap2002
2002254,202267,58195.0%163201831,38936128207ap2003
2003278,773293,44595.0%156201761,58340128207ap2004
2004270,463284,69895.0%152211731,56339128229ap2005
2010261,700270,00096.9%144151591,64521135208ap2011
2014263,500272,00096.9%135161511,7451022135208ap2015
2017257,000265,33196.9%124161401,83592379208ap2018
2020258,000266,00097.0%116161321,95493578208ap2021
2022257,607265,59597.0%113181311,966122853208ap2023

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 531, and Page 532
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 269
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 335
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 370, and Page 371
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 416, and Page 417
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 443
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 398
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 110, to Page 112

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