Roman Catholic Diocese of Bragança-Miranda

Coordinates: 41°48′20″N 6°45′44″W / 41.8056°N 6.7622°W / 41.8056; -6.7622
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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 km2 (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 Roman Catholic Diocese of Bragança–Miranda (Latin: Dioecesis Brigantiensis–Mirandensis), in the north-east of Portugal, is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Braga.[1] Its seats are the Cathedral of Braganza and the Cathedral of Miranda do Douro.

History

The Cathedral of Miranda do Douro is the co-cathedral, and see until 1770.

The see was erected 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.[2] Pope Clement XIV in 1770 transferred it to Bragança.[3]

José Manuel Garcia Cordeiro is the current bishop, nominated in July 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy page
  2. ^ Catholic Hierarchy page, Diocese of Miranda
  3. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia article
  4. ^ http://press.catholica.va/news_services/bulletin/news/27823.php?index=27823&po_date=18.07.2011&lang=en

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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