Diocese of Caratinga
Caratingen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Caratinga, Brazil
The Diocese of Caratinga is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, erected in 1915. Its cathedral is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 December 1915
- Latin
- Caratingen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint John the Baptist
- Annuario code
- 001001057
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 549,000
- Population
- 652,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 84.2%
- Priests
- 106
- Catholics per priest
- 5,179
- Extent
- 15,085 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 36
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
- Juarez Delorto Secco
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 São João Batista stands in Caratinga, 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 Mariana
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mariana.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Governador ValadaresGovernador Valadares
- Diocese of Itabira–FabricianoItabira–Fabriciano
- Archdiocese of MarianaMariana
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Caratinga, a city within Brazil's ecclesiastical province of Mariana, hosts a Roman Catholic diocese bearing the Latin name Dioecesis Caratingensis.
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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.