Diocese of Campos
Camposin(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Campos, Brazil
The Diocese of Campos is a Latin Church suffragan diocese seated in Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. It was established in 1922 from the Diocese of Niteroi.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 December 1922
- Latin
- Camposin(us)
- Patron
- The Most Holy Savior
- Annuario code
- 001001041
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 854,000
- Population
- 986,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 86.6%
- Priests
- 110
- Catholics per priest
- 7,764
- Extent
- 12,520 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 68
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
- Roberto Francisco Ferrería Paes
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 Basílica do Santíssimo Salvador stands in Campos, 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 Niterói
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Niterói.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of NiteróiNiterói
- Diocese of Nova FriburgoNova Friburgo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Campos dos Goytacazes, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Campos (Latin: Dioecesis Camposina) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Niterói 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.