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Diocese of Caraguatatuba

Caraguatatuben(sis)

The Diocese of Caraguatatuba is a Latin Church suffragan diocese on the north coast of Sao Paulo state, Brazil, established in 1999 from the Diocese of Santos. Its cathedral is dedicated to the Holy Spirit.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
3 March 1999
Latin
Caraguatatuben(sis)
Patron
Holy Spirit
Annuario code
001001055

The see in figures

Catholics
155,400
Population
248,362
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
62.6%
Priests
30
Catholics per priest
5,180
Extent
1,992 km²
Catholics per km²
78

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
José Carlos Chacorowski, C.M.
Born
26 December 1956
Birthplace
Curitiba
Institute
CONGREGAZIONE DELLA MISSIONE (LAZZARISTI) (C.M.)

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

Cathedral of the Holy Spirit stands in Caraguatatuba, 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 Aparecida

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Aparecida.

The sees of this province:

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

History

The Brazilian city of Caraguatatuba is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese known in Latin as Dioecesis Caraguatatubensis.

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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.