Diocese of Duque de Caxias
Caxien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Duque de Caxias, Brazil
The Diocese of Duque de Caxias is a Latin Church see in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, established in 1980 from the dioceses of Nova Iguaçu and Petrópolis. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro and led by Bishop Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 October 1980
- Latin
- Caxien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anthony
- Annuario code
- 001001336
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 976,000
- Population
- 1,235,626
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 79.0%
- Priests
- 54
- Catholics per priest
- 18,074
- Extent
- 511 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1,910
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
- Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos
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
Cathedral of Saint Anthony stands in Duque de Caxias, 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 Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
A suffragan of Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Barra do Piraí–Volta RedondaBarra do Piraí–Volta Redonda
- Diocese of Nova IguaçuNova Iguaçu
- Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de JaneiroSão Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
- Diocese of ValençaValença
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil lies the Diocese of Duque de Caxias, seated in the city of the same name and titled Dioecesis Caxiensis in Latin.
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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.