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Archdiocese of Fortaleza

Fortalexien(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Fortaleza, Brazil

The Archdiocese of Fortaleza is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in the state of Ceará, northeastern Brazil. Established as the Diocese of Ceará in 1854, it was raised to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1915.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
6 June 1854
Latin
Fortalexien(sis)
Patron
Saint Joseph
Annuario code
001001431

The see in figures

Catholics
2,466,000
Population
3,487,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
70.7%
Priests
456
Catholics per priest
5,408
Extent
14,813 km²
Catholics per km²
166

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

Archbishop
Gregório Leozírio Ben Lâmed da Paixão Neto, O.S.B.
Born
3 November 1964
Birthplace
Aracaju
Institute
Congregazione Benedettina del Brasile (O.S.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

Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Joseph stands in Fortaleza, 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

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Fortaleza in Brazil is the seat of this metropolitan archdiocese, which bears the Latin title Archidioecesis Metropolitae Fortalexiensis.

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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.