Roman Catholic Diocese of Bragança-Miranda
| Diocese of Bragança-Miranda Dioecesis Brigantiensis-Mirandensis Diocese de Bragança-Miranda | |
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.jpg) Cathedral of Braganza | |
| Location | |
| Country | Portugal |
| Ecclesiastical province | Braga |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Braga |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 6,545 km2 (2,527 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2012) 151,900 149,400 (98.4%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 5 March 1770 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady Queen in Braganza |
| Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of St Mary in Miranda do Douro |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | José Manuel Garcia Cordeiro |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jorge IV |
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| 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
- ↑ Catholic Hierarchy page
- ↑ Catholic Hierarchy page, Diocese of Miranda
- ↑ Catholic Encyclopedia article
- ↑ http://press.catholica.va/news_services/bulletin/news/27823.php?index=27823&po_date=18.07.2011&lang=en
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.