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Conferência Episcopal Portuguesa

Dioceses of Portugal - with MAP

Archdiocese of Braga; (northern Portugal) - História!

Locais de Culto - Paroquias, Santuários, Capelanias...
Internet: NOTA HISTÓRICA
Pagina da Paroquia de Calendario - MAPAS!
Basílica dos Congregados - Braga
History of the Archdiocese of Braga to ca. 1907, by Tirso Lopez, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume II, 1907 by Robert Appleton Company, Online by Kevin Knight, 1999.

Diocese of Aveiro; - Nota Histórica!

Cúria

Directory: Arciprestados, Paróquias, Parócos...

Diocese of Bragança;

History of the Diocese of Bragança-Miranda to ca. 1907, by Tirso Lopez, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume II, 1907 by Robert Appleton Company, Online by Kevin Knight, 1999.

Diocese of Coimbra;

History of the Diocese of Coimbra to ca. 1908, by Eduardo de Hinojosa, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume IV, 1908 by Robert Appleton Company, Online by Kevin Knight, 1999.

Diocese of Lamego;

History of the Diocese of Lamego to ca. 1910, by Gregor Reinhold, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VIII, 1910 by Robert Appleton Company, Online by Kevin Knight, 1999.

Diocese of Porto;
Diocese of Viana do Castelo;
Diocese of Vila Real;
Diocese of Viseu;

Archdiocese of Évora;

History of the Archdiocese of Evora to ca. 1907, by F. Fita, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume V, 1908 by Robert Appleton Company, Online by Kevin Knight, 1999.

Diocese of Beja;

History of the Diocese of Beja to ca. 1907, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume II, 1907 by Robert Appleton Company, Online by Kevin Knight, 1999.

Diocese of Faro;

Archdiocese of Lisboa (patriarchate)

Diocese of Angra; (includes Azores/Açores) - Information

Biblioteca Públic e Arquivo de Angra do Heroísmo, / Public library and Archive of Angra do Heroísmo

About Igreja de Santa Bárbara - Manadas, São Jorge Island, Azores

A ilha de São Jorge

Diocese of Funchal;

History of the Diocese of Funchal,

Diocese of Guarda;

Diocese of Leiria - Fátima;

Diocese of Portalegre-Castelo Branco;

Diocese of Santarém;

History of the Diocese of Santarem to ca. 1912, by Julian Moreno-Lacalle, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XIII, 1912 by Robert Appleton Company, Online by Kevin Knight, 1999.

Diocese of Setúbal;

Military Ordinate

Historical Research of Catholic Church and Family History
Portugal

Age of Exploration Time Line: 3200 B.C.-1779 (Mariners' Museum)
The Vatican (select language) - (The Vatican site, English version)
History of Portugal to ca. 1911, by Edgar Prestage, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XII, 1911 by Robert Appleton Company, Online by Kevin Knight, 1999.
Paroquias em Portugal
Catholic Documents, Texts, & Archives

Catholic Biographies

If you know of a web site for a Catholic biography with a Portugal connection, please let me know.

Explorerers and Missionaries

General Portugal History and Research Tools

Disclaimer: I have viewed the following sites and found them to be informative for general and historical research, however, I do not necessarily agree with the content or wish to present these links as Catholic Genealogy, History and Online Directories resources.

Library of Congress: Country Guides
Infoplease: Countries of the World - Almanac.
Multilingual Dictionaries Online
AltaVista: Translations (German, Italian, English, French, Portuguese & Spanish)

Translate a web site from/to English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish - enter the URL of the page (for example: http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/ )

Travlang's Translating Dictionaries (English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Latin, Dutch Swedish, Norwegian, Esperanto, Czech, Afrikaans, Hungarian, Finnish, Danish)
Online Dictionaries and Translators

Library of Congress: Country Guides
Library of Congress: Country Studies - A Country Study of Portugal
Infoplease: Countries of the World - Almanac.
Biblioteca Nacional / National Library of Portugal
Infocid Portugal - online directory

ÁREAS TURÍSTICAS / Tourist Areas
BIBLIOTECAS NA R.A. DOS AÇORES / Libraries in the Region of the Azores

Portugal Genealogy Links
Portugal GenWeb with Azores GenWeb for Genealogy
Paroquias em Portugal
Portugal Genealogy Terms Translated to English
Municipalities in Portugal
LusaWeb - Portuguese-American Communities on the web

Where in the Azores?

Finding Your Portuguese Roots, Part 2: Tracing With Portuguese Records, by Cheri Mello.
118net Telefônica em Portugal - Portugal Yellow and White Pages (English Version)
EuroPages - The European Business Directory
Yellow Pages in Europe
Yellow Pages Portugal
International Long Distance Yellow Pages and Directories
AT&T International Dialing Guide
Welcome to Portugal (official Portugal site)
www.acores.com - online directory, includes history and more.
Virtual Azores - an online web directory of the islands.
The Azores Pictures and Information - includes History
The Azores Tourism site contains maps, history, geography of the islands, and more.
Infospace Yellow Page Directory - International for Portugal (enter town and catagory, such as "churches" for Finland or Sweden.)
portugal-info.net - online directory for Portugal sites and information
CyberOaks News from Portugal - basic information, brief history,
Yahoo! for Portugal
World Travel Guide
Postal Codes for Portugal
General History & GENEALOGY Links to Maps & Aids

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References used include:

¹1990 Catholic Almanac. Felician A. Foy, O.F. M. (Editor), Rose M. Avato (Associate Editor). Huntington: Our Sunday Visitory Publishing Division, Our Sunday Visitor, Inc.

1998 Catholic Almanac. Felician A. Foy, O.F. M. and Rose M. Avato (Editors and Compilers). Huntington: Our Sunday Visitory Publishing Division, Our Sunday Visitor, Inc.
²New Advent, Inc. From the Catholic Encyclopedia, copyright © 1913 by the Encyclopedia Press, Inc. Electronic version copyright © 1997 by New Advent, Inc. (A Catholic Web Site transcribing The Catholic Encyclopedia: an International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline and History of the Catholic Church. Herbermann, Pace, et al. (Editors). Imprint: Appleton (New York) 1907-1912.)
Information learned from the web sites for the Archdioceses, Dioceses, and Catholic Church.

Church (Igreja)
Parish (Paroquia)
baptism (batismo)
marriage (Casamentos)
Death (obitos)
Council (Conselho)
town (freguesia)
Island (Ilha)