Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Santarém,_Portugal

Roman Catholic Diocese of Santarém, Portugal

Roman Catholic Diocese of Santarém, Portugal

Roman Catholic diocese in Portugal

Not to be confused with Roman Catholic Diocese of Santarém, Brazil.

The Diocese of Santarém (Latin: Dioecesis Santaremensis in Lusitania) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Portugal, erected on 16 July 1975 by Pope Paul VI. It is a suffragan of the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Patriarchate of Lisbon.[1] Its episcopal see at Santarém is north-east of Lisbon.

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The current bishop is José Augusto Traquina Maria, appointed in 2017.[2]

Ordinaries

  • António Francisco Marques, O.F.M. † (16 Jul 1975 Appointed - 28 Aug 1997 Died)
  • Manuel Pelino Domingues (27 Jan 1998 Appointed - 7 Oct 2017 Retired)
  • José Augusto Traquina Maria (7 Oct 2017 Appointed - )
Santarém Cathedral

References

  1. [1]
    David M. Cheney. "Santarém (Diocese)". Catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
  2. [2]
    David M. Cheney. "Bishop Manual Pelino Domingues [Catholic-Hierarchy]". Catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2023-10-23.

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