Archdiocese of Campo Grande
Campi Grandis
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Campo Grande, Brazil
The Archdiocese of Campo Grande is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil. Established as a diocese in 1957 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1978, it is the metropolitan see for suffragans including Corumba, Dourados, and Tres Lagoas.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 June 1957
- Latin
- Campi Grandis
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Abbey
- Annuario code
- 001001037
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,673,000
- Population
- 2,222,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 75.3%
- Priests
- 137
- Catholics per priest
- 12,212
- Extent
- 44,892 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 37
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
- Archbishop
- Dimas Lara Barbosa
- Born
- 1 April 1956
- Birthplace
- Boa Esperança
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
Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Abbey and St. Anthony stands in Campo Grande, 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 Campo Grande
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CorumbáCorumbá
- Diocese of CoximCoxim
- Diocese of DouradosDourados
- Diocese of JardimJardim
- Diocese of NaviraíNaviraí
- Diocese of Três LagoasTrês Lagoas
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Campo Grande, Brazil, is the seat of a Latin Church archdiocese, the Archdiocese of Campo Grande, which carries the Latin title Archidioecesis Campi Grandis.
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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.