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Roman Catholic Diocese of Aveiro ( la, Dioecesis Aveirensis) has existed since 1938. In that year it was formed as territories taken from the historical

diocese of Coimbra The Diocese of Coimbra ( la, Dioecesis Conimbricensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Coimbra, Portugal. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Braga. From 1472, the bishop of Coimbra held the comital title of Count of Arganil, being thus calle ...

diocese of Porto The Portuguese Roman Catholic Diocese of Porto ( la, Dioecesis Portugallensis) (Oporto) is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Braga. Its see at Porto is in the Norte region, and the second largest city in Portugal. History The diocese was pro ...

and

diocese of Viseu The Portuguese Catholic diocese of Viseu ( la, Dioecesis Visensis) is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Braga. Its see at Viseu is in the Centro Region. The current bishop is António Luciano dos Santos Costa. History The see at Viseu dates f ...

were combined. It is a

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of the

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. In 2012, it had 274,400 baptized over 314,800 inhabitants. Its see at Aveiro is also the capital of the

district of Aveiro Aveiro District ( pt, Distrito de Aveiro, or ) is located in the central coastal region of Portugal. The capital of the district is the city of Aveiro, which also serves as the seat of Aveiro Municipality. Aveiro District is bordered by the Po ...

. The bishop is

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List of Bishops of Aveiro

# António Freire Gameiro de Sousa (1774–1799) # António José Cordeiro (1801–1813) # Manuel Pacheco de Resende (1815–1837) # António de Santo Ilídio da Fonseca e Silva (1840 # António Mendes Bello (1881), Diocesan administrator #

João Evangelista de Lima Vidal João is the Portuguese equivalent of the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below. Kings * ...

(1940–1958) #

Domingos da Apresentação Fernandes Domingos is the name of: People Surnamed * Afonso Domingos * André Domingos * Antonio Domingos * Bárbara Domingos * Camilo Domingos * Ederson Bruno Domingos * Garcia Domingos * Guilherme Afif Domingos * Jônatas Domingos * Laila Domi ...

(1958–1962) #

Manuel de Almeida Trindade Manuel d'Almeida Trindade (24 April 1918 – 5 August 2008) was a Portuguese Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion bap ...

(1962–1988) #

António Baltasar Marcelino António Baltasar Marcelino (21 September 1930 – 9 October 2013) was a Portuguese Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aveiro. Marcelino was born on 21 September 1930 in Castelo Branco, Portugal Castelo Branco () is an inland city and ...

(January 20, 1988 – September 21, 2006) #

(September 21, 2006 – February 21, 2014) #

António Manuel Moiterio Ramos Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular mal ...

(July 4, 2014- )

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.

Notes

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