Roman Catholic Diocese of Faro (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Portuguese Catholic diocese of Faro is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Evora. A see in the Algarve region was founded at Ossonoba in 306. After the Islamic conquest, this place fell, and in 688, the see was suppressed. It was re-established in 1188 at Siloes, and in 1218 was made suffragan to the archdiocese of Braga, then to the archdiocese of Seville, in 1393 to the archdiocese of Lisbon and finally, in 1540, to the archdiocese of Evora. The title was transferred to Faro, 30 March, 1577. The Archdiocese of Seville is part of the Catholic Church in Seville, Spain. The Diocese of Seville was founded in the 3rd Century. It was raised to the level of an archdiocese in the 4th Century.