Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul
Crucis Australis
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil
The Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul is a Latin Church diocese in westernmost Acre, Brazil, established as the Territorial Prelature of Jurua in 1931 and elevated to a diocese in 1987. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Porto Velho, with its cathedral dedicated to Our Lady of Glory.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1931
- Latin
- Crucis Australis
- Patron
- Our Lady of Glory
- Annuario code
- 001001240
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 230,966
- Population
- 261,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 88.5%
- Priests
- 26
- Catholics per priest
- 8,883
- Extent
- 126,633 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.8
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
- Flavio Giovenale, S.D.B.
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 Gloria stands in Cruzeiro do Sul, 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 Porto Velho
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Porto Velho.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Guajará-MirimGuajará-Mirim
- Diocese of HumaitáHumaitá
- Diocese of Ji-ParanáJi-Paraná
- Diocese of LábreaLábrea
- Archdiocese of Porto VelhoPorto Velho
- Diocese of Rio BrancoRio Branco
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Acre (state), in westernmost Amazonian Brazil, the Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul (Latin: Dioecesis Crucis Australis) serves as a suffragan see of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Velho. Its cathedral, the Marian Catedral Nossa Senhora da Gloria, stands in the city of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre.
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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.