The Archdiocese of Braga was the metropolitan of an ecclesiastical province and it was the chief bishopric of the Kingdom of Galicia during the Suevic period and in the High Middle Ages, whilst a part of the Kingdom of Portugal.
As the metropolitan of an ecclesiastical province, the Archdiocese of Braga was the primary bishopric for the Kingdom of Galicia throughout the Suevic era and the High Middle Ages, even though it was under the control of the Kingdom of Portugal at times.