Metropolitan Patriarchate of Lisbon Patriarchatus Metropolitae Olisiponensis Patriarcado Metropolitana de Lisboa | |
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Location | |
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Statistics | |
Area | 3,735 km2 (1,442 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2015) 1,924,650 1,648,885 (86%) |
Parishes | 284 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 4th century |
Cathedral | Lisbon Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Patriarch | Rui I |
Suffragans | Angra Funchal Guarda Leiria-Fátima Portalegre-Castelo Branco Santarém Setúbal |
Auxiliary Bishops | |
Bishops emeritus | Manuel III |
Map | |
![]() The Archdiocese of Lisbon shown in a darker red. | |
Website | |
http://www.patriarcado-lisboa.pt |
The Metropolitan Patriarchate of Lisbon (Latin: Patriarchatus Metropolitae Olisiponensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or patriarchal archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.
Its archiepiscopal see is the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. Mary Major, in Lisbon. The patriarchate also has three minor basilicas: the Basilica of Our Lady of the Martyrs and Basilica of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Estrela, both in Lisbon; the Basilica of Our Lady and St. Anthony in Mafra; and two World Heritage Site monasteries: the Monastery of the Hieronymites, in Lisbon, and the Monastery of Saint Mary of Alcobaça, in Alcobaça