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Diocese of Bragança-Miranda
Dioecesis Brigantiensis-Mirandensis
Diocese de Bragança-Miranda
Cathedral of Braganza
Location
Country Portugal
Ecclesiastical provinceBraga
MetropolitanArchdiocese of Braga
Statistics
Area6,545 km (2,527 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2012)
151,900
149,400 (98.4%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established5 March 1770
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady Queen in Braganza
Co-cathedralCo-Cathedral of St Mary in Miranda do Douro
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJosé Manuel Garcia Cordeiro
Metropolitan ArchbishopJorge IV
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Bragança–Miranda (Latin: Dioecesis Brigantiensis–Mirandensis), is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the north-east of Portugal. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Braga. Its seats are the Cathedral of Braganza and the Co-Cathedral of Miranda do Douro.

History

The Co-Cathedral of Miranda do Douro, the seat of the bishop until 1770

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The see was created in 1545 by Pope Paul III in the town of Miranda do Douro bordering on Spain, its territory being taken from the Archdiocese of Braga. Pope Clement XIV transferred the episcopal seat to Bragança in 1770.

José Manuel Garcia Cordeiro is the current bishop. The previous bishop (2001–2011) was Bishop António Montes Moreira.

Notes

  1. Diocese of Bragança-Miranda, Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Accessed 23 February 2024.
  2. Diocese of Miranda, catholic-hierarchy.org. Accessed 23 February 2024.
  3. Diocese of Bragança-Miranda, newadvent.org. Accessed 23 February 2024.
  4. "Bishop António Montes Moreira, O.F.M." Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
Catholic dioceses in Portugal
Province of Braga
Province of Lisbon
Province of Evora
Sui iuris jurisdictions

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