Bishop of Funchal
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Diocese of Funchal Dioecesis Funchalensis Diocese do Funchal |
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| Location | |
| Country |  , Portugal |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lisbon |
| Metropolitan | Patriarchate of Lisbon |
| Coordinates | 32°38′54″N 16°54′30″W / 32.648333°N 16.908333°W |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 800 km2 (310 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 282,000 270,000 (95.7%) |
| Parishes | 52 |
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| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | January 12, 1514 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Funchal |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | António José Cavaco Carrilho |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Manuel III |
| Emeritus Bishops | Teodoro de Faria Bishop Emeritus (1982–2007) |
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Coordinates: 32°38′54″N 16°54′30″W / 32.648333°N 16.908333°W
The Diocese of Funchal (Latin: Dioecesis Funchalensis) was created originally on January 12, 1514, by bull Pro excellenti præeminentia of Pope Leo X, following the elevation of Funchal from a village to the status of town (cidade), by King Manuel I of Portugal (royal mandate of August 21, 1508). The new diocese was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lisbon.
Nineteen years later, on January 31, 1533, it was elevated to Archiepiscopal rank, becoming during twenty two years, the largest Metropolitan ecclesiastical province (territorial) in the world, where it had the following suffragan dioceses: Azores, Brazil, Africa and Goa. The first (and only) Archbishop was D. Martinho of Portugal (with the title of Primate). On July 3, 1551, a restructuring of the dioceses of Portugal and the Portuguese empire, led to the extinction of the Archdiocese of Funchal and its return to diocesan status. In 1570, Funchal was once more made a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lisbon (later Patriarchate), as it remains today.
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