page_title: Penafiel
section_title: Titular see
hierarchical_section_title: Penafiel / Ecclesiastical history / Titular see
caption_attribution_description: Português: Penafiel - Igreja da Misericórdia de Penafiel This file was uploaded for Wiki Loves Monuments in Portugal with the unique identifier 72938. English&#160;| español&#160;| português&#160;| português do Brasil&#160;| +/−
context_page_description: Penafiel is a municipality and former bishopric in the northern Portuguese district of Porto. Capital of the Tâmega Subregion, the population was 72,265 in 2011, in an area of 212.24 square kilometres.
context_section_description: In 1969 the diocese was nominally restored as Latin Titular bishopric of Penafiel (Portuguese) / Pintien(sis) (Latin adjective).
  It has had the following incumbents, mostly of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank, with an archiepiscopal exception :
  Bernard Theodore Espelage, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1969.08.25 – death 1971.02.19) as emeritate, former Bishop of Gallup (USA) (1940.07.20 – retired 1969.08.25)
  John Joseph Mulcahy (1974.12.28 – death 1994.04.26) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Boston (Massachusetts, USA) (1974.12.28 – retired 1992.07.21) and emeritate
  Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián (1994.07.09 – ...) as papal diplomat : Apostolic Nuncio (ambassador) to Tanzania (1994.07.09 – 1999.03.20), Apostolic Nuncio to Democratic Republic of Congo (1999.03.20 – 2001.12.15), Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia (2003.08.04 – 2007.12.10), Apostolic Nuncio to Moldova (2007.12.10 – 2015.12.05), Apostolic Nuncio to Romania (2007.12.10 – 2015.12.05).
caption: The front facade and portico of the Misericórdia
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