Roman Catholic Diocese of Guarda
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Diocese of Guarda Dioecesis Aegitaniensis Diocese da Guarda |
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| Location | |
| Country | Portugal |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lisbon |
| Metropolitan | Patriarchate of Lisbon |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 6,758 km2 (2,609 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 260,700 250,700 (96.2%) |
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| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Sé Catedral in Guarda |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Manuel da Rocha Felício |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Manuel III |
| Emeritus Bishops | António dos Santos Bishop Emeritus (1979-2005) |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guarda (Latin: Dioecesis Aegitaniensis) is a diocese located in central eastern Portugal, a suffragan in the Ecclesiastical province of the Latin Patriarchate of Lisbon in southern Portugal.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Consolação, in the city of Guarda. It also has the former Cathedral: Igreja de São Luís, in Pinhel, an absorbed see.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 253,300 Catholics (96.0% of 263,900 total) on 6,759 km² in 361 parishes and 3 missions with 140 priests (126 diocesan, 14 religious), 17 deacons, 133 lay religious (26 brothers, 107 sisters) and 5 seminarians.
(all Roman rite)
Coordinates: 40°32′18″N 7°16′10″W / 40.5384°N 7.2694°W
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