The Portuguese Catholic diocese of Vila Real ( la, Dioecesis Villaregalensis) has existed since 1922. In that year it was formed from territories in the

diocese of Bragança-Miranda In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

, archdiocese of Braga, and

diocese of Lamego The Diocese of Lamego ( la, Dioecesis Lamacensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Portugal. History Lamego became Catholic when the Visigothic king Reccared I converted to Catholicism. According to local tradition, the city of Lamego received th ...

. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Braga, in the Norte region, with its see at the Cathedral of Vila Real.''Catholic Hierarchy'' page
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Vila Real Vila Real () is the capital and largest city of the Vila Real District, in the North region. It is also the seat of the Douro intermunicipal community and of the Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro historical province. The Vila Real municipality cover ...

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