Diocese of Carolina
Carolinen(sis) in Brasilia
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Carolina, Brazil
The Diocese of Carolina is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Maranhao state, northeastern Brazil. It was erected as a territorial prelature in 1958 and promoted to a diocese in 1979, with a cathedral dedicated to Saint Peter of Alcantara.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 January 1958
- Latin
- Carolinen(sis) in Brasilia
- Patron
- Saint Peter of Alcantara
- Annuario code
- 001001060
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 158,100
- Population
- 150,000
- Priests
- 14
- Catholics per priest
- 11,293
- Extent
- 18,252 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.7
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
- Francisco Lima Soares
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 Pedro de Alcântara stands in Carolina, 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 São Luís do Maranhão
A suffragan of Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BacabalBacabal
- Diocese of BalsasBalsas
- Diocese of BrejoBrejo
- Diocese of Caxias do MaranhãoCaxias do Maranhão
- Diocese of GrajaúGrajaú
- Archdiocese of São Luís do MaranhãoSão Luís do Maranhão
- Diocese of VianaViana
- Diocese of Zé DocaZé Doca
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Maranhão state in northeastern Brazil, the Diocese of Carolina (Latin: Dioecesis Carolinensis in Brasilia) is a suffragan see of the ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão. Its cathedral, the Catedral São Pedro de Alcântara in the city of Carolina, Maranhão, honors Saint Peter of Alcantara.
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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.