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Diocese of Aveiro

Latin Catholic diocese in Portugal

Field	Value
jurisdiction	Diocese
name	Aveiro
latin	Dioecesis Aveirensis
local	Diocese de Aveiro
image	Catedral de Aveiro.jpg
caption	Cathedral of Aveiro
country	Portugal
metropolitan	Archdiocese of Braga
rite	Latin Church
denomination	Roman Catholic
established	24 August 1938
cathedral	Cathedral of St Dominic in Aveiro
area_km2	1,537
population	314,800
population_as_of	2012
catholics	274,400
catholics_percent	87.2
pope
bishop	António Manuel Moiteiro Ramos
metro_archbishop	Jorge IV
map	Dioceses de Portugal.PNG
website	[Website of the Diocese](http://www.diocese-aveiro.pt/v2/)

The Diocese of Aveiro () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Portugal. It has existed since 1938 when the historical dioceses of Coimbra, Porto, and Viseu were combined. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Braga. In 2012, it had 274,400 baptized over 314,800 inhabitants.

Its see at Aveiro is also the capital of the district of Aveiro. The bishop is António Manuel Moiteiro Ramos, appointed in 2014.

List of Bishops of Aveiro

António Freire Gameiro de Sousa (1774–1799)
António José Cordeiro (1801–1813)
Manuel Pacheco de Resende (1815–1837)
António de Santo Ilídio da Fonseca e Silva (1840
António Mendes Bello (1881), Diocesan administrator
João Evangelista de Lima Vidal (1940–1958)
Domingos da Apresentação Fernandes (1958–1962)
Manuel de Almeida Trindade (1962–1988)
António Baltasar Marcelino (January 20, 1988 – September 21, 2006)
António Francisco dos Santos (September 21, 2006 – February 21, 2014)
António Manuel Moiteiro Ramos (July 4, 2014- )

Territory

The territory covers 1,537 km² and is divided into 101 parishes, grouped into 10 archipresbiterati, corresponding to the 10 municipalities of the district.

Notes

References

[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/davei.html Aveiro (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]]. Accessed 23 February 2024.
[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmoit.html Bishop António Manuel Moiteiro Ramos [Catholic-Hierarchy]]. Accessed 23 February 2024.

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