Diocese of Araçatuba
Arassatuben(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Araçatuba, Brazil
The Diocese of Araçatuba is a Latin Church diocese in São Paulo state, Brazil, erected on March 23, 1994 from the Diocese of Lins. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Botucatu.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 March 1994
- Latin
- Arassatuben(sis)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora Aparecida (Our Lady of Aparecida)
- Annuario code
- 001000716
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 424,550
- Population
- 500,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 84.9%
- Priests
- 50
- Catholics per priest
- 8,491
- Extent
- 9,798 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 43
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Sérgio Krzywy
- Born
- 30 June 1952
- Birthplace
- Palmeira
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Nossa Senhora Aparecida stands in Araçatuba, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Botucatu
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Botucatu.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AssisAssis
- Diocese of BauruBauru
- Archdiocese of BotucatuBotucatu
- Diocese of LinsLins
- Diocese of MaríliaMarília
- Diocese of OurinhosOurinhos
- Diocese of Presidente PrudentePresidente Prudente
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Araçatuba, a city in Brazil's ecclesiastical province of Botucatu, is the seat of this diocese, known in Latin as Dioecesis Arassatubensis.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.