Military Ordinariate of Portugal

Portuguese Military Ordinariate (Portuguese: the Diocese forcas Armadas de Segurança e ) is the Military Ordinariate in Portugal and in charge of the Portuguese armed forces.

History

Portuguese Military Ordinariate supervised members of the Portuguese Armed Forces Catholic religious affiliation pastoral. It was Pope Paul VI. created as a military vicariate on 29 May 1966. After a mutual decision between the Holy See and the Portuguese Republic, the seat of the Portuguese Military Ordinariate in Lisbon. It was elevated to a diocese by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution spirituality Soldiers curae on July 21, 1986.

Ecclesiastical province Friar Patriarch Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga Roman Catholic Diocese of Angra Roman Catholic Diocese of Aveiro Roman Catholic Diocese of Beja Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbra Roman Catholic Diocese of Faro Roman Catholic Diocese of Funchal Roman Catholic Diocese of Guarda, Portugal Roman Catholic Diocese of Lamego Roman Catholic Diocese of Portalegre-Castelo Branco Roman Catholic Diocese of Porto, Portugal Roman Catholic Diocese of Viana do Castelo Roman Catholic Diocese of Vila Real Roman Catholic Diocese of Viseu
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