Coimbra (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Virgilio do Nascimento Antunes, Bishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected: 6th Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Braga
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Portugal
Square Kilometers: 5,300 (2,047 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: http://www.diocesedecoimbra.pt/
Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Rua do Brazil 45, 3030-175 Coimbra CODEX, Portugal
Telephone: 239.70.83.24
Fax: 239.70.83.21

Past and Present Ordinaries

Crescónio , O.S.B. † (12 Apr 1092 Appointed - 22 Jun 1098 Died)
Maurice Bourdin, O.S.B. † ( 1098 Appointed - 1111 Appointed, Archbishop of Braga)
João Anaia † ( 1147 Appointed - 1158 Died)
Miguel Salomão Pães † ( 1158 Appointed - 1176 Died)
Martinho Gonçalves † ( 1183 Appointed - 1193 Died)
Pedro Soares † ( 1193 Appointed - 25 May 1232 Resigned)
Pedro † ( 1233 Appointed - 1234 Died)
Tibúrcio † (28 Aug 1234 Appointed - 22 Nov 1246 Died)
Domingos † ( 1246 Appointed - 1247 Died)
Egas Fafez † (15 Dec 1248 Appointed - 18 Dec 1267 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Mateus † ( 1268 Appointed - 1275 Appointed, Bishop of Viseu)
Américo Ebrard † (9 Jan 1279 Appointed - 4 Dec 1295 Died)
Pedro Colaço † (9 Aug 1296 Appointed - 1302 Died)
Fernando † (27 Aug 1302 Appointed - 8 Aug 1303 Died)
Etienne Brochard † (8 Mar 1307 Appointed - Nov 1318 Died)
Raimundo † (11 Nov 1318 Appointed - 15 Jul 1324 Died)
Raimundo Ebrard † (26 Apr 1325 Appointed - 1331 Died)
Jean des Prés-Montpezat † (23 Aug 1333 Appointed - 3 Dec 1337 Appointed, Bishop of Castres)
Jorge † (3 Jul 1338 Appointed - 20 Feb 1357 Died)
Lourenço Rodrigues (Martins de Barbudo) † (23 May 1356 Appointed - 25 Aug 1358 Appointed, Bishop of Lisboa)
Pedro Gómez Barroso † (25 Aug 1358 Appointed - 23 Jul 1364 Appointed, Bishop of Lisboa)
Vasco Rodrigues (de Meneses Fernandes) † (23 Jul 1364 Appointed - 16 Jun 1371 Appointed, Bishop of Lisboa)
Pedro Diaz de Tenorio † (10 Jun 1371 Appointed - 13 Jan 1377 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
Juan Cabeza de Vaca † (13 Jan 1377 Appointed - 1388 Resigned)
Martinho Perez de Charneca † ( 1388 Appointed - 12 Jun 1398 Appointed, Archbishop of Braga)
João Afonso Esteves † (25 Feb 1399 Appointed - 29 May 1402 Appointed, Archbishop of Lisboa)
Juan García Manrique † (2 Jun 1402 Appointed - )
Gil Alma † (5 Apr 1407 Appointed - 1418 Died)
Fernando Coutinho † (27 Apr 1418 Appointed - 1429 Died)
Alvaro Ferreira † (21 Oct 1429 Appointed - 1444 Died)
Luís Coutinho † (1 Apr 1444 Appointed - 15 Nov 1452 Appointed, Archbishop of Lisboa)
Afonso Nogueira, C.R.S.J.E. † (15 Nov 1452 Appointed - 24 Dec 1459 Appointed, Archbishop of Lisboa)
Juan Roderici † (17 Sep 1459 Appointed - 9 Feb 1469 Appointed, Bishop of Évora)
Garcia , O.S.B. † (9 Feb 1469 Appointed - 22 May 1482 Appointed, Archbishop of Braga)
Jorge de Almeida † (22 May 1482 Appointed - 25 Jul 1543 Died)
João Soares, O.S.A. † (22 May 1545 Appointed - 26 Nov 1572 Died)
Manuel de Menezes † (16 Dec 1573 Appointed - 4 Aug 1578 Died)
Gaspar do Casal, O.S.A. † (27 Nov 1579 Appointed - 9 Aug 1584 Died)
Afonso de Castelo-Branco † (3 Jun 1585 Appointed - 12 May 1615 Died)
Afonso Furtado de Mendonça † (5 Sep 1616 Appointed - 12 Nov 1618 Appointed, Archbishop of Braga)
Martin Alphonso Mexia de Tovar † (2 Dec 1619 Appointed - 30 Aug 1623 Died)
João Manuel de Ataíde † (19 Feb 1625 Confirmed - 24 Nov 1632 Appointed, Archbishop of Lisboa)
Jorge de Melo † (9 Jun 1636 Appointed - 2 Oct 1636 Died)
João Mendes de Távora † (22 Mar 1638 Appointed - 1 Jul 1646 Died)
Manuel de Noronha † (15 Dec 1670 Appointed - 11 May 1671 Died)
Manuel de Noroña, O.F.M. † (27 Jun 1672 Appointed - 19 Jan 1683 Died)
João de Melo † (24 Apr 1684 Appointed - 28 Jun 1704 Died)
António Vasconcelos e Sousa † (14 Dec 1705 Appointed - 23 Dec 1717 Died)
Miguel da Anunciação (da Cunha), O.E.S.A. † (19 Dec 1740 Confirmed - 29 Aug 1779 Died)
Francisco de Lemos de Faria Pereira Coutinho † (29 Aug 1779 Succeeded - 16 Apr 1822 Died)
Francisco de São Luiz (Manoel Justiniano) Saraiva, O.S.B. † (19 Apr 1822 Succeeded - 30 Apr 1824 Resigned)
Joaquim de Nossa Senhora de Nazareth Oliveira e Abreu, O.F.M. Ref. † (3 May 1824 Confirmed - 31 Aug 1851 Died)
Manuel Bento Rodrigues da Silva † (15 Mar 1852 Confirmed - 18 Mar 1858 Appointed, Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon})
José Manuel de Lemos † (27 Sep 1858 Appointed - 26 Mar 1870 Died)
Manuel Correia de Bastos Pina † (22 Dec 1871 Confirmed - 19 Nov 1913 Died)
Manuel Luís Coelho da Silva † (31 Oct 1914 Appointed - 1 Mar 1936 Died)
António Antunes † (1 Mar 1936 Succeeded - 20 Jul 1948 Died)
Ernesto Sena de Oliveira † (29 Oct 1948 Appointed - 12 Aug 1967 Retired)
Francisco Rendeiro, O.P. † (12 Aug 1967 Succeeded - 19 May 1971 Died)
João Antonio da Silva Saraiva † (28 Jun 1972 Appointed - 3 Apr 1976 Died)
João Alves † (8 Sep 1976 Appointed - 24 Mar 2001 Retired)
Albino Mamede Cleto † (24 Mar 2001 Succeeded - 28 Apr 2011 Retired)
Virgilio do Nascimento Antunes (28 Apr 2011 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
6th Century	Erected		Diocese of Coimbra (erected)
22 May 1545	Territory Lost	Diocese of Coimbra	Diocese of Leiria (erected)
12 April 1774	Territory Lost	Diocese of Coimbra	Diocese of Aveiro (erected)
30 September 1881	Territory Added	Diocese of Leiria (suppressed)	Diocese of Coimbra
17 January 1918	Territory Lost	Diocese of Coimbra (Alearía, Aliubarrota (Prazeres), Aliubarrota (S. Vicente), Alpedris, Alvados, Alqueidâo, Amor, Arrabal, Arrimai, Azoia, Baroza, Barreira, Batalha, Garangueira, Carvide, Coimbrâo, Coimeias, Cortes, Erpite, Fatima, Freiscanda, luncal, Leiria, Maceira, ...)	Diocese of Leiria
24 August 1938	Territory Lost	Diocese of Coimbra (Águeda, Anadia, Aveiro, Ílhavo, Oliveira do Bairrom, and Vagos) Diocese of Porto (Albergaria-a-Velha, Estarreja, and Murtosa) Diocese of Viseu (Sever do Vouga)	Diocese of Aveiro
11 October 1965	Territory Added	Diocese of Portalegre-Castelo Branco (Maria Gomes, Travessa, and Porto de Lage)	Diocese of Coimbra

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

1950 547,428 571,256 95.8% 252 10 262 2,089 11 358 254 ap1951

1970 578,584 582,578 99.3% 260 30 290 1,995 51 550 259 ap1971

1980 525,600 575,000 91.4% 224 40 264 1,990 73 398 265 ap1981

1990 588,000 597,000 98.5% 203 40 243 2,419 75 392 266 ap1991

1999 537,000 546,000 98.4% 178 41 219 2,452 69 365 266 ap2000

2000 537,000 546,000 98.4% 172 40 212 2,533 64 360 266 ap2001

2001 537,000 546,000 98.4% 169 40 209 2,569 6 58 332 267 ap2002

2002 508,000 565,000 89.9% 167 37 204 2,490 8 56 337 267 ap2003

2003 508,000 565,000 89.9% 159 38 197 2,578 8 60 327 264 ap2004

2004 508,000 565,000 89.9% 157 37 194 2,618 8 61 302 268 ap2005

2006 505,000 562,000 89.9% 163 32 195 2,589 8 54 305 268 ap2007

2013 500,000 548,500 91.2% 134 32 166 3,012 13 49 284 269 ap2014

2016 500,000 548,000 91.2% 125 35 160 3,125 13 43 268 269 ap2017

2019 494,950 543,500 91.1% 115 16 131 3,778 30 27 262 270 ap2020

2021 495,490 544,000 91.1% 118 27 145 3,417 30 30 254 270 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	547,428	571,256	95.8%	252	10	262	2,089		11	358	254	ap1951
1970	578,584	582,578	99.3%	260	30	290	1,995		51	550	259	ap1971
1980	525,600	575,000	91.4%	224	40	264	1,990		73	398	265	ap1981
1990	588,000	597,000	98.5%	203	40	243	2,419		75	392	266	ap1991
1999	537,000	546,000	98.4%	178	41	219	2,452		69	365	266	ap2000
2000	537,000	546,000	98.4%	172	40	212	2,533		64	360	266	ap2001
2001	537,000	546,000	98.4%	169	40	209	2,569	6	58	332	267	ap2002
2002	508,000	565,000	89.9%	167	37	204	2,490	8	56	337	267	ap2003
2003	508,000	565,000	89.9%	159	38	197	2,578	8	60	327	264	ap2004
2004	508,000	565,000	89.9%	157	37	194	2,618	8	61	302	268	ap2005
2006	505,000	562,000	89.9%	163	32	195	2,589	8	54	305	268	ap2007
2013	500,000	548,500	91.2%	134	32	166	3,012	13	49	284	269	ap2014
2016	500,000	548,000	91.2%	125	35	160	3,125	13	43	268	269	ap2017
2019	494,950	543,500	91.1%	115	16	131	3,778	30	27	262	270	ap2020
2021	495,490	544,000	91.1%	118	27	145	3,417	30	30	254	270	ap2022