Diocese of Aveiro


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

  1. António Freire Gameiro de Sousa
  2. António José Cordeiro
  3. Manuel [Pacheco de Resende]
  4. António de Santo Ilídio da [Fonseca e Silva], Diocesan administrator
  5. João [Evangelista de Lima Vidal]
  6. Domingos da Apresentação Fernandes
  7. Manuel de [Almeida Trindade]
  8. António [Baltasar Marcelino]
  9. António Francisco dos Santos
  10. António Manuel Moiteiro Ramos

    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.