Diocese of Goiás
Goiasen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Goiás, Brazil
The Diocese of Goiás is a Latin Church diocese in the state of Goiás, Brazil, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Goiânia. Erected as a territorial prelature in 1745 and later a diocese, it was a metropolitan archdiocese from 1932 until 1956 when it reverted to diocesan status.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1745
- Latin
- Goiasen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anne
- Annuario code
- 001001499
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 208,000
- Population
- 224,395
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 92.7%
- Priests
- 28
- Catholics per priest
- 7,429
- Extent
- 23,573 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.8
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
- Jeová Elias Ferreira
- Born
- 24 August 1961
- Birthplace
- Sobral
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 Anne stands in Goiás, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Goiânia.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AnápolisAnápolis
- Archdiocese of GoiâniaGoiânia
- 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.
History
A Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church, the Diocese of Goiás (Latin: Dioecesis Goiasensis) has its seat in the city of Goiás and serves as a suffragan within the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiânia in Brazil.
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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.