Diocese of Bacabal
Bacabalen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bacabal, Brazil
The Diocese of Bacabal is a Latin Church diocese in Maranhão state, Brazil, erected on June 22, 1968 from the Prelature of São José do Grajaú and the Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 June 1968
- Latin
- Bacabalen(sis)
- Patron
- Santa Teresinha (Saint Thérèse of Lisieux)
- Annuario code
- 001000775
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 461,000
- Population
- 502,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 91.8%
- Priests
- 44
- Catholics per priest
- 10,477
- Extent
- 15,867 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 29
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
- Armando Martín Gutiérrez, F.A.M.
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 Santa Terezinha stands in Bacabal, 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 São Luís do Maranhão
A suffragan of Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BalsasBalsas
- Diocese of BrejoBrejo
- Diocese of CarolinaCarolina
- Diocese of Caxias do MaranhãoCaxias do Maranhão
- Diocese of GrajaúGrajaú
- Archdiocese of São Luís do MaranhãoSão Luís do Maranhão
- Diocese of VianaViana
- Diocese of Zé DocaZé Doca
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Bacabal, a Brazilian city in the ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão, is the seat of this diocese, called Dioecesis Bacabalensis in Latin.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.