Roman Catholicism in Portugal

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The Catholic Church in Portugal is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome.

The Catholic Church is the world's largest Christian Church, and its largest religious grouping. There are an estimated 9 million baptised Catholics in Portugal, in 21 dioceses, served by 4,000 priests, even if only a small amount of them are practising catholics.

Within Portugal the hierarchy consists of:

Archbishopric
- Bishopric

Lisbon (with the dignity of Patriarchate)
Braga
- Aveiro
- Bragança-Miranda
- Coimbra
- Lamego
- Porto
- Viana do Castelo
- Vila Real
- Viseu
Évora
- Beja
- Faro

Portugal is the location of one of the major Catholic pilgrim centres at Fátima.

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v • d • e Roman Catholicism in Europe

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v • d • e Religion in Portugal

Lusitanian mythology • Roman mythology Roman Catholicism (Portuguese popes • Patriarch of Lisbon • Ecclesiastical history of Braga • Portuguese Inquisition • Our Lady of Fatima) Judaism (Marranos • New Christians • Belmonte Jews • Spanish and Portuguese Jews • Sephardic Jews in the Netherlands) Lusitanian Church of Portugal • Islam • Hinduism