Diocese of Setúbal, Portugal

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Setúbal (Português) / Setubalen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lisboa

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Santa Maria da Graça (December 8)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1975.07.16: Established as Diocese of Setúbal (Português) / Setubalen(sis) (Latin) (from Patriarchal See of Lisboa, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Évora and Diocese of Beja and became suffragan of Lisboa)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.09.21 – ...):

Cardinal Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar (51)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana

Ordinaries

Bishops of Setúbal (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar (51)
(2023.09.21 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana
Bishop of Setúbal (Portugal)

In manus tuas

Born:	1973.12.12 (Leça do Balio, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	2001.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.03.31
Created Cardinal:	2023.09.30

Priest of Porto (Portugal) (2001.07.08 – 2019.03.01)

Titular Bishop of Dagnum (2019.03.01 – 2023.09.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal) (2019.03.01 – 2023.09.21)

Bishop of Setúbal (Portugal) (2023.09.21 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana (2023.09.30 [2023.12.03] – ...)

Bishop José Ornelas Carvalho, S.C.I. (71)
(2015.08.24 – 2022.01.28)

Bishop of Leiria–Fátima (Portugal)
President of Episcopal Conference of Portugal

O Filho do Homem veio para servir e dar a vida

Born:	1954.01.05 (Porto da Cruz, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1981.08.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.10.25

Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians) (2003.05.27 – 2015.05.25)

Bishop of Setúbal (Portugal) (2015.08.24 – 2022.01.28)

President of Episcopal Conference of Portugal (2020.06.16 – ...)

Bishop of Leiria–Fátima (Portugal) (2022.01.28 – ...)

Bishop Gilberto Délio Gonçalves Canavarro dos Reis (84)
(1998.04.23 – 2015.08.24)

Bishop emeritus of Setúbal (Portugal)

Born:	1940.05.27 (Vreia de Bornes, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.02.12

Priest of Vila Real (Portugal) (1963.12.21 – 1988.10.29)

Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Mauretania (1988.10.29 – 1998.04.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Porto (Portugal) (1988.10.29 – 1998.04.23)

Bishop of Setúbal (Portugal) (1998.04.23 – 2015.08.24)

Bishop Manuel da Silva Martins
(1975.07.16 – 1998.04.23)

Born:	1927.01.20 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1951.08.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.10.26
Died:	2017.09.24 († 90)

Bishop of Setúbal (Portugal) (1975.07.16 – 1998.04.23)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Sé Catedral de Santa Maria da Graça, Setúbal, Setúbal
National Shrine: Santuário Nacional de Cristo Rei, Almada, Setúbal
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (62)

Lisboa (↑), Évora (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,500 km²

Population: 546,400 Catholics (69.7% of 784,260 total)

Pastoral Centres: 57 parishes, 73 missions

Personnel: 86 priests (64 diocesan, 22 religious), 11 deacons, 140 religious (23 brothers, 117 sisters), 6 seminarians