Diocese of Barra do Piraí–Volta Redonda
Barren(sis) de Pirai-Voltaredonden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Barra do Piraí–Volta Redonda, Brazil
The Diocese of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda is a Latin Church diocese in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, erected in 1922. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, led since 2019 by Bishop Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1922
- Latin
- Barren(sis) de Pirai-Voltaredonden(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anne (Sant'Ana)
- Annuario code
- 001000840
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 556,525
- Population
- 742,034
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 75.0%
- Priests
- 63
- Catholics per priest
- 8,834
- Extent
- 4,768 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 117
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
- Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito
- Born
- 19 May 1967
- Birthplace
- São Gonçalo
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
Cathedral of Saint Anne (Catedral Sant'Ana), Barra do Piraí stands in Barra do Piraí–Volta Redonda, 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 Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
A suffragan of Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Duque de CaxiasDuque de Caxias
- Diocese of Nova IguaçuNova Iguaçu
- Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de JaneiroSão Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
- Diocese of ValençaValença
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Two cities, Barra do Piraí and Volta Redonda, anchor this Brazilian diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Barrensis de Pirai-Voltaredondensis), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro.
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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.