Archdiocese of Braga
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Archdiocese of Braga Archidioecesis Bracarensis Arquidiocese de Braga |
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| Location | |
| Country | Portugal |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,857 km2 (1,103 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2012) 964,400 886,300 (91.9%) |
| Parishes | 552 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Rite of Braga |
| Established | 4th Century (As Diocese of Braga) 1071 (As Archdiocese of Braga) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Mary in Braga |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Jorge IV |
| Suffragans |
Aveiro Bragança-Miranda Coimbra Lamego Porto Viana do Castelo Vila Real Viseu |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Nuno Manuel dos Santos Almeida D. Francisco José Villas-Boas Senra de Faria Coelho |
| Map | |
 The Archdiocese of Braga marked in orange. |
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| Website | |
| http://www.diocese-braga.pt/ | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga (Latin: Archidioecesis Bracarensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Portugal.
Its suffragans are the diocese of Aveiro, diocese of Bragança-Miranda, diocese of Coimbra, diocese of Lamego, diocese of Porto, diocese of Viana do Castelo, diocese of Vila Real, and diocese of Viseu. The Archbishop of Braga is also the Primate of All Portugal.
The tradition that St. Peter of Rates, a disciple of St. James the Great, preached here, is handed down in the ancient Breviary of Braga (Breviarium Bracarense) and in that of Évora; but this, as the Bollandists tell us, is purely traditional. Paternus was certainly bishop of the see about 390.
In its early period the Diocese of Braga produced the famous writer Paulus Orosius (fl. 418). At the beginning of the eighteenth century a contest was waged over the birthplace of Orosius, some claiming him for Braga and others for Tarragona. The Marquis of Mondejar, with all the evidence in his favour, supported the claim of Braga; Dalmas, the chronicler of Catalonia, that of Tarragona.
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