Diocese of Garanhuns
Garanhunen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Garanhuns, Brazil
The Diocese of Garanhuns is a Latin Church diocese in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife. It was established in 1918 from the Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 August 1918
- Latin
- Garanhunen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anthony
- Annuario code
- 001001468
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 551,000
- Population
- 612,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 90.0%
- Priests
- 61
- Catholics per priest
- 9,033
- Extent
- 8,734 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 63
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
- Agnaldo Temóteo da Silveira
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 Garanhuns, 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 Olinda e Recife
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Afogados da IngazeiraAfogados da Ingazeira
- Diocese of CaruaruCaruaru
- Diocese of FlorestaFloresta
- Diocese of NazaréNazaré
- Archdiocese of Olinda e RecifeOlinda e Recife
- Diocese of PalmaresPalmares
- Diocese of PesqueiraPesqueira
- Diocese of PetrolinaPetrolina
- Diocese of SalgueiroSalgueiro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Brazilian city of Garanhuns is home to this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Garanhunensis), part of the ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife.
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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.