Diocese of Viana do Castelo, Portugal

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Viana do Castelo / Vianen(sis) Castelli (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Braga

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Assunção da Virgem Santa Maria (August 15)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 3

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1977.11.03: Established as Diocese of Viana do Castelo / Vianen(sis) Castelli (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Braga and became suffragan of Braga)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.09.21 – ...):

Bishop João Evangelista Pimentel Lavrador (68)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Viana do Castelo (Roman Rite)

Bishop João Evangelista Pimentel Lavrador (68)
(2021.09.21 – ...)

Bishop of Viana do Castelo (Portugal)

Tu segue me

Born:	1956.02.18 (Mira, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1981.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.05.07

Priest of Coimbra (Portugal) (1981.06.14 – 2008.05.07)

Titular Bishop of Luperciana (2008.05.07 – 2015.09.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Porto (Portugal) (2008.05.07 – 2015.09.29)

Coadjutor Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (2015.09.29 – 2016.03.15)

Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (2016.03.15 – 2021.09.21)

Bishop of Viana do Castelo (Portugal) (2021.09.21 – ...)

Bishop Anacleto Cordeiro Gonçalves de Oliveira
(2010.06.11 – 2020.09.18)

Servus omnium

Born:	1946.07.17 (Cortes, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1970.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.04.24
Died:	2020.09.18 (Almodôvar, Portugal † 74)

Priest of Leiria–Fátima (Portugal) (1970.08.15 – 2005.02.04)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ flaviæ (2005.02.04 – 2010.06.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal) (2005.02.04 – 2010.06.11)

Bishop of Viana do Castelo (Portugal) (2010.06.11 – 2020.09.18)

Bishop José Augusto Martins Fernandes Pedreira
(1997.10.29 – 2010.06.11)

Born:	1935.04.10 (Valença, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1959.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.03.19
Died:	2020.10.14 (Braga, Portugal † 85)

Titular Bishop of Elvas (1982.12.28 – 1997.10.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Porto (Portugal) (1982.12.28 – 1997.10.29)

Bishop of Viana do Castelo (Portugal) (1997.10.29 – 2010.06.11)

Bishop Armindo Lopes Coelho
(1982.10.15 – 1997.06.13)

Born:	1931.02.16 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1954.08.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.03.25
Died:	2010.09.29 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Elvas (1978.11.16 – 1982.10.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Porto (Portugal) (1978.11.16 – 1982.10.15)

Bishop of Viana do Castelo (Portugal) (1982.10.15 – 1997.06.13)

Bishop of Porto (Portugal) (1997.06.13 – 2007.02.22)

Archbishop Júlio Tavares Rebimbas
(1977.11.03 – 1982.02.12)

In verbo tuo

Born:	1922.01.21 (Bunheiro, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1945.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.12.26
Died:	2010.12.06 († 88)

Bishop of Faro (Portugal) (1965.09.27 – 1972.07.01)

Titular Archbishop of Mitylene (1972.07.01 – 1977.11.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal) (1972.07.01 – 1977.11.03)

Archbishop-Bishop of Viana do Castelo (Portugal) (1977.11.03 – 1982.02.12)

Archbishop-Bishop of Porto (Portugal) (1982.02.12 – 1997.06.13)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Sé Catedral de Santa Maria Maior, Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo

Churches by City (353)

Tui–Vigo (↑), Ourense (↗), Braga (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,255 km²

Population: 211,020 Catholics (91.1% of 231,510 total)

Pastoral Centres: 291 parishes

Personnel: 142 priests (133 diocesan, 9 religious), 17 religious (11 brothers, 6 sisters), 8 seminarians