Tags: Clerical Administrative Region, Diocese.

The Portuguese Roman Catholic Diocese of Aveiro (Latin: Dioecesis Aveirensis) has existed since 1938. In that year it was formed as territories taken from the historical diocese of Coimbra diocese of Porto and diocese of Viseu were combined. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Braga.Its see at Aveiro is also the capital of the district of Aveiro. The bishop is António Francisco dos Santos appointed in 2006.

Loading...

This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "Roman Catholic Diocese of Aveiro"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.