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Diocese of Campanha

Campanien(sis) in Brasilia

The Diocese of Campanha is a Latin Church diocese in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, created on 8 September 1907 by Pope Pius X. It comprises 71 parishes across 49 municipalities and is led by Bishop Walter Jorge Pinto.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
8 September 1907
Latin
Campanien(sis) in Brasilia
Patron
Nossa Senhora do Carmo
Annuario code
001001032

The see in figures

Catholics
837,000
Population
845,829
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
99.0%
Priests
116
Catholics per priest
7,216
Extent
15,420 km²
Catholics per km²
54

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 Walter Jorge Pinto
Born
12 February 1963
Birthplace
Ubá

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 Santo Antônio stands in Campanha, 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 Leste 2

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

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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.