Archdiocese of Goiânia
Goianien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Goiânia, Brazil
The Archdiocese of Goiânia is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in the state of Goiás, central Brazil. It was established as a metropolitan archdiocese in 1956 from the Archdiocese of Goiás.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 March 1956
- Latin
- Goianien(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady Help of Christians
- Annuario code
- 001001498
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,100,000
- Population
- 1,850,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 59.5%
- Priests
- 220
- Catholics per priest
- 5,000
- Extent
- 13,855 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 79
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
- João Justino de Medeiros Silva
- Born
- 22 December 1966
- Birthplace
- Juiz de Fora
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 Our Lady Help of Christians stands in Goiânia, 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 Goiânia
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AnápolisAnápolis
- Diocese of GoiásGoiás
- Diocese of ItumbiaraItumbiara
- Diocese of JataíJataí
- Diocese of Rubiataba–MozarlândiaRubiataba–Mozarlândia
- Diocese of São Luís de Montes BelosSão Luís de Montes Belos
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.