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Diocese of Barretos

Barreten(sis)

The Diocese of Barretos is a Latin Church diocese in São Paulo state, Brazil, canonically erected on 14 April 1973 from territory of the Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto and the Diocese of Jaboticabal. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of São José do Rio Preto, led by Bishop Milton Kenan Júnior.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
14 April 1973
Latin
Barreten(sis)
Patron
Holy Spirit (Divino Espírito Santo)
Annuario code
001000844

The see in figures

Catholics
254,969
Population
322,052
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
79.2%
Priests
45
Catholics per priest
5,666
Extent
8,767 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
Milton Kenan Júnior
Born
24 November 1963
Birthplace
Taiuva

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 the Divine Holy Spirit stands in Barretos, 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 José do Rio Preto

A suffragan of Archdiocese of São José do Rio Preto.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Barretos, a Brazilian city in the ecclesiastical province of São José do Rio Preto, gives its seat to this diocese, Dioecesis Barretensis in Latin.

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Sources

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.