Diocese of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim
Cachoëiren(sis) de Itapemirim
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Brazil
The Diocese of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim is a Latin Church diocese in Espírito Santo, Brazil, established on 16 February 1958 from the Diocese of Espírito Santo. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vitória, led by Bishop Luiz Fernando Lisboa, C.P., since 2021.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 February 1958
- Latin
- Cachoëiren(sis) de Itapemirim
- Patron
- Saint Peter the Apostle
- Annuario code
- 001001002
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 367,165
- Population
- 611,943
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 60.0%
- Priests
- 74
- Catholics per priest
- 4,962
- Extent
- 10,073 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 36
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
- Dom Luiz Fernando Lisboa, C.P.
- Born
- 9 June 1948
- Birthplace
- Castelo
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI (O.F.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 São Pedro Apóstolo stands in Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, 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 Vitória
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Vitória.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ColatinaColatina
- Diocese of São MateusSão Mateus
- Archdiocese of VitóriaVitória
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Cachoeiro de Itapemirim is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Cachoëirensis de Itapemirim) that forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Vitória in Brazil.
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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.