Diocese of Caicó
Caicoën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Caicó, Brazil
The Diocese of Caicó is a Latin Church diocese in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Natal. Its cathedral is dedicated to Saint Anne, and it has been led by Bishop Antônio Ranis Rosendo dos Santos, C.SS.R., since 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 November 1939
- Latin
- Caicoën(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anne
- Annuario code
- 001001009
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 251,000
- Population
- 277,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 90.6%
- Priests
- 48
- Catholics per priest
- 5,229
- Extent
- 9,372 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 27
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 Antônio Ranis Rosendo dos Santos, C.SS.R.
- Born
- 3 September 1973
- Birthplace
- Porto da Folha
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DEL SANTISSIMO REDENTORE (REDENTORISTI O LIGUORINI) (C.SS.R.)
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 Sant'Ana stands in Caicó, 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 Natal
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Natal.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of MossoróMossoró
- Archdiocese of NatalNatal
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Caicó is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Caicoënsis) belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Natal in Brazil.
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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.