Diocese of Campanha
Campanien(sis) in Brasilia
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Campanha, Brazil
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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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.