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Diocese of Crato

Craten(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Crato, Brazil

The Diocese of Crato is a Latin Church diocese in the Cariri region of southern Ceara, Brazil, erected in 1914 from the then Diocese of Ceara. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza, with its see at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Penha in Crato.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
20 October 1914
Latin
Craten(sis)
Patron
Our Lady of Penha
Annuario code
001001230

The see in figures

Catholics
1,015,082
Population
954,411
Priests
124
Catholics per priest
8,186
Extent
18,645 km²
Catholics per km²
54

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
Magnus Henrique Lopes, O.F.M. Cap.

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 Nossa Senhora da Penha stands in Crato, 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:

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

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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.