Diocese of Leiria–Fátima Dioecesis Leiriensis–Fatimensis Diocese de Leiria–Fátima | |
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Location | |
Country | Portugal |
Ecclesiastical province | Lisbon |
Metropolitan | Patriarchate of Lisbon |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,700 km2 (660 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 296,362 272,162 (91.8%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 17 January 1918 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Leiria |
Patron saint |
Our Lady of Fátima St Augustine of Hippo |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | José Ornelas Carvalho, S.C.I. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Manuel III |
Bishops emeritus | Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva Bishop Emeritus (1993-2006) António Augusto dos Santos MartoBishop Emeritus (2006-2022) |
Map | |
Location of the Diocese of Leiria–Fátima | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Leiria–Fátima ( Latin: Dioecesis Leiriensis–Fatimensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in Portugal. It is suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Patriarchate of Lisbon. [1]
The main church of the episcopal see is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Conception, in Leiria. It also has two minor basilicas, both in Fátima: the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary and the Basilica of the Holy Trinity, and also a World Heritage Site: the Monastery of Saint Mary of the Victory, in Batalha, as a decommissioned former Cathedral (now ruined): Church of Our Lady of Pena.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 266,792 Catholics (91.6% of 291,144 total) on 1,700 km2 in 75 parishes and 6 missions with 156 priests (92 diocesan, 64 religious), 767 lay religious (77 brothers, 690 sisters) and 6 seminarians.