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DIOCESE OF FARO

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(PHARENSIS)

A suffragan of Evora, Portugal, and extending over the province of Algarve. The
see was founded at Ossonoba in 306, which place falling into the hands of the
Moors, in 688, the see was suppressed. It was re-established in 1188 at Silves,
and in 1218 was made suffragan to Braga, then to Seville, in 1393 to Lisbon and
finally, in 1540, to Evora. The title was transferred to Faro, 30 March, 1577.
Faro is the chief seaport town of the province, and is located on the Rio
Fermoso, near its mouth. The cathedral, an imposing structure, with
nave-vaulting springing from lofty cylindrical columns, is apparently a Roman
basilica altered by the Moors. Several convents, a hospital, and charitable
institutions are well appointed. There are 66 parishes, 214 churches, 112
priests and 228,384 Catholics in the diocese.


SOURCES

WERNER, Orbis Terrarum (Freiburg im Br., 1890); BUCHBERGER, Kirchliches Handlex.
(Munich, 1907).


ABOUT THIS PAGE

APA citation. Meehan, T. (1909). Diocese of Faro. In The Catholic Encyclopedia.
New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05789a.htm

MLA citation. Meehan, Thomas. "Diocese of Faro." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol.
5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909.
<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05789a.htm>.

Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by Douglas J. Potter.
Dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. May 1, 1909. Remy Lafort, Censor.
Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York.

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