Diocese of Crateús
Crateopolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Crateús, Brazil
The Diocese of Crateus is a Latin Church diocese in the state of Ceara, Brazil, erected in 1963 from territory of the dioceses of Iguatu and Sobral. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza, with its cathedral in Crateus.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 September 1963
- Latin
- Crateopolitan(us)
- Patron
- Our Lord of the Good End
- Annuario code
- 001001229
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 336,317
- Population
- 367,017
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 91.6%
- Priests
- 27
- Catholics per priest
- 12,456
- Extent
- 21,817 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 15
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
- Ailton Menegussi
- Born
- 5 November 1962
- Birthplace
- Nova Venécia
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 Senhor do Bonfim stands in Crateús, 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 Fortaleza
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Fortaleza.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BaturitéBaturité
- Diocese of CratoCrato
- Archdiocese of FortalezaFortaleza
- Diocese of IguatuIguatu
- Diocese of ItapipocaItapipoca
- Diocese of Limoeiro do NorteLimoeiro do Norte
- Diocese of QuixadáQuixadá
- Diocese of SobralSobral
- Diocese of TianguáTianguá
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Crateús, a city within Brazil's ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza, is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese that carries the Latin name Dioecesis Crateopolitana.
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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.