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Diocese of Coari

Coaritan(us)

Diocese of Coari in Amazonas, Brazil, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manaus. It was a territorial prelature from 1963 and was elevated to a diocese in 2013. Bishop Marek Marian Piatek, C.SS.R., has led the see since 2013.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
2013
Latin
Coaritan(us)
Patron
Sant'Ana e São Sebastião (Saint Anne and Saint Sebastian)
Annuario code
001001183

The see in figures

Catholics
166,076
Population
195,306
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
85.0%
Priests
18
Catholics per priest
9,226
Extent
135,442 km²
Catholics per km²
1.2

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
Marek Marian Piatek, C.SS.R.

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 Sant'Ana e São Sebastião stands in Coari, 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 Manaus

A suffragan of Manaus.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Pope Francis erected the Diocese of Coari (Latin: Dioecesis Coaritana) on 9 October 2013 as part of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manaus, based in Manaus, Brazil, with its seat in the city of Coari. From its elevation the see has been led by its first bishop, Marek Marian Piatek, C.Ss.R., a native of Poland and a member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (the Redemptorists).

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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.