The Diocese of Setúbal () is a
Latin Church
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diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, 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 Roman province, prov ...
of the
Catholic church
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in Portugal. It has existed since 1975. It is a
suffragan
A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations.
In the Catholic Church, a suffragan bishop leads a diocese within an ecclesiastical province other than the principal diocese, the metropolitan archdiocese; the diocese led ...
of the
archdiocese of Lisbon. Its see at
Setúbal
Setúbal ( , , ; ), officially the City of Setúbal (), is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the entire municipality in 2014 was 118,166, occupying an area of . The city itself had 89,303 inhabitants in 2001. It lies withi ...
is south of Lisbon.
Ordinaries
*Manuel da Silva Martins (16 July 1975 - 23 April 1998)
*Gilberto Délio Gonçalves Canavarro dos Reis (23 April 1998 - 24 August 2015)
*
José Ornelas Carvalho,
S.C.I. (24 August 2015 - 28 January 2022)
*
Américo Aguiar (21 September 2023
– present)
See also
*
History of Setúbal
*
Timeline of Setúbal
Notes
External links
* (Official page)
Setubal
Setubal, Roman Catholic Diocese of
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