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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga

Archdiocese of Braga
Archidioecesis Bracarensis
Arquidiocese de Braga
Se Catedral de Braga.jpg
Location
Country Portugal
Statistics
Area 2,857 km2 (1,103 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2012)
964,400
886,300 (91.9%)
Parishes 552
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite

Roman Rite

Rite of Braga
Established 4th Century (As Diocese of Braga)
1071 (As Archdiocese of Braga)
Cathedral Cathedral of St Mary in Braga
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Jorge IV
Suffragans Aveiro
Bragança-Miranda
Coimbra
Lamego
Porto
Viana do Castelo
Vila Real
Viseu
Auxiliary Bishops Nuno Manuel dos Santos Almeida
D. Francisco José Villas-Boas Senra de Faria Coelho
Map
The Archdiocese of Braga marked in orange.
The Archdiocese of Braga marked in orange.
Website
http://www.diocese-braga.pt/

Roman Rite

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga (Latin: Archidioecesis Bracarensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Portugal.

Its suffragans are the diocese of Aveiro, diocese of Bragança-Miranda, diocese of Coimbra, diocese of Lamego, diocese of Porto, diocese of Viana do Castelo, diocese of Vila Real, and diocese of Viseu. The Archbishop of Braga is also the Primate of All Portugal.

The tradition that St. Peter of Rates, a disciple of St. James the Great, preached here, is handed down in the ancient Breviary of Braga (Breviarium Bracarense) and in that of Évora; but this, as the Bollandists tell us, is purely traditional. Paternus was certainly bishop of the see about 390.

In its early period the Diocese of Braga produced the famous writer Paulus Orosius (fl. 418). At the beginning of the eighteenth century a contest was waged over the birthplace of Orosius, some claiming him for Braga and others for Tarragona. The Marquis of Mondejar, with all the evidence in his favour, supported the claim of Braga; Dalmas, the chronicler of Catalonia, that of Tarragona.


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