List of cathedrals in Portugal
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Roman Catholic

Cathedrals of the Roman Catholic Church in Portugal: * Angra do Heroismo Cathedral/Church of the Blessed Saviour ( pt, Sé de Angra do Heroísmo/Catedral do Santíssimo Salvador) * Aveiro Cathedral/Church of Saint Dominic or Church of Our Lady of Mercy( pt, Sé de Aveiro/Catedral de Aveiro/Igreja de São Domingos ou de Nossa Senhora da Misericórdia) *
Beja Cathedral The Cathedral of St. James the Great ( pt, Sé Catedral de São Tiago Maior) also called Beja Cathedral It is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and serves as the cathedral in Beja, Portugal, and the seat of the Diocese of Bej ...
/Church of Saint James the Great ( pt, Sé de Beja/Catedral de Beja) * Braga Cathedral/Cathedral of Saint Mary ( pt, Sé de Braga/Cathedral de Santa Maria) * Bragança Cathedral/ Church of Our Lady Queen ( pt, Igreja Catedral de Nossa Senhora Rainha) ** Co-Cathedral of Miranda do Douro/Church of Saint Mary the Great ( pt, Sé de Miranda/Igreja Matriz de Miranda/Igreja de Santa Maria Maior) * Coimbra New Cathedral/Church of the Society of Jesus ( pt, Igreja do Colégio de Jesus/Igreja das Onze Mil Virgens/Sé Nova de Coimbra/Museu de História Natural) *
Évora Cathedral Évora ( , ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. It has 53,591 inhabitants (2021), in an area of 1307.08 km2. It is the historic capital of the Alentejo and serves as the seat of the Évora District. Due to its well-preserved old t ...
/Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption ( pt, Sé de Évora) * Faro Cathedral/Church of Saint Mary ( pt, Sé de Faro/Catedral de Faro/Igreja de Santa Maria) *
Funchal Cathedral The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption ( pt, Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Assunção) in Sé, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Funchal, which encompasses all of the Autonomous Region of Madei ...
/Church of Our Lady of the Assumption ( pt, Sé de Faro/Catedral de Faro/Igreja de Santa Maria) *
Guarda Cathedral The Cathedral of Guarda ( pt, Catedral da Guarda, Sé da Guarda) is a Catholic church located in the northeastern city of Guarda, Portugal. Its construction took from 1390 until the mid 16th century, combining Gothic and Manueline architectural s ...
/Cathedral of Our Lady of Consolation ( pt, Sé da Guarda) * Lamego Cathedral/Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption ( pt, Sé de Lamego) * Leiria Cathedral/Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception ( pt, Sé de Leira/Catedral de Leiria) *
Lisbon Cathedral The Cathedral of Saint Mary Major ( pt, Santa Maria Maior de Lisboa or ''Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Mary Major''), often called Lisbon Cathedral or simply the Sé ('), is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Lisbon, Portugal. The oldest churc ...
/Patriarchal Cathedral of Saint Mary the Great ( pt, Sé de Lisboa/Igreja de Santa Maria Maior) * Portalegre Cathedral/ Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption ( pt, Sé de Portalegre/Catedral de Portalegre) ** Castelo Branco Co-Cathedral/Church of Saint Michael ( pt, Sé de Castelo Branco/Igreja de São Miguel) *
Porto Cathedral The Porto Cathedral ( pt, Sé do Porto) is a Roman Catholic church located in the historical centre of the city of Porto, Portugal. It is one of the city's oldest monuments and one of the most important local Romanesque architecture, Romanesque m ...
/Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady ( pt, Sé de Porto) * Santarém Cathedral/College of Our Lady of the Assumption/Seminary of Santarém ( pt, Colégio de Nossa Senhora da Conceição/Seminário de Santarém/Sé de Santarém/Vestígios do Antigo Paço Real) * Setúbal Cathedral/Church of Saint Mary of Grace ( pt, Sé de Setúbal/Igreja de Santa Maria da Graça) * Cathedral of Viana do Castelo ( pt, Sé de Viana do Castelo/Igreja Matriz de Viana do Castelo) * Vila Real Cathedral/Church and Convent of Saint Dominic ( pt, Sé de Vila Real/Igreja e convento de São Domingos) *
Viseu Cathedral Viseu Cathedral is the Catholic bishopric seat of the city of Viseu, in Portugal. The church started being built in the 12th century and is the most important historical monument of the town. It is currently a mix of architectural styles, specially ...
/Cathedral of St. Mary ( pt, Sé de Viseu) ;Former cathedrals: * Sé Cathedral of Bragança/Church of Saint John the Baptist ( pt, Colégio do Santo Nome de Jesus/Sé de Bragança/Igreja de São João Baptista) * Sé Cathedral (Old) of Coimbra/Old Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption ( pt, Sé Velha de Coimbra/Igreja da Sé Velha) * Cathedral of Elvas/Church of Our Lady of the Assumption ( pt, Sé de Elvas/Catedral de Elvas/Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Assunção) * Cathedral of Idanha-a-Velha ( pt, Cathedral de Idanha-a-Velha) *
Silves Cathedral The Silves Cathedral ( pt, Sé Catedral de Silves) is a former cathedral in the city of Silves, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. A mosque, built during the Moorish rule of the Iberian Peninsula, was originally located in its current plac ...
/Former Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption ( pt, Sé-Catedral de Silves)


Anglican

Cathedrals of the
Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church The Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church ( pt, Igreja Lusitana Católica Apostólica Evangélica) in Portugal is a member church of the Anglican Communion. Membership The church has around 5,000 members. Structure As an Episcopal den ...
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St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It is on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grad ...
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São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
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Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...


See also

* Lists of cathedrals *
Christianity in Portugal Christianity is the predominant religion in Portugal, with Catholicism being its largest denomination. Portugal has no official religion, though in the past, the Catholic Church in Portugal was the state religion. According to the 2021 Census, 8 ...
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Protestantism in Portugal Protestantism in Portugal has long been a minority religion. After the Reformation, the Inquisition and the Portuguese government's religious intolerance outlawed the practice of non-Roman Catholic faiths in the country, and those who followed t ...


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Cathedrals in Portugal

Conferência Episcopal Portuguesa

Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church Official Site
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Cathedrals A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...
Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
Cathedrals A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...