Diocese of Guanhães
Guanhanen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Guanhães, Brazil
Diocese in Guanhaes, Minas Gerais, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Diamantina. Established on 24 May 1985. The current bishop is Dom Otacilio Ferreira de Lacerda, appointed the fourth diocesan bishop in 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 May 1985
- Latin
- Guanhanen(sis)
- Patron
- san Miguel Arcángel
- Annuario code
- 001001537
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 252,000
- Population
- 283,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 89.0%
- Priests
- 29
- Catholics per priest
- 8,690
- Extent
- 15,047 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 17
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
- Dom Otacílio Ferreira de Lacerda
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
Catedral de São Miguel stands in Guanhães, 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 Diamantina
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Diamantina.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AlmenaraAlmenara
- Diocese of AraçuaíAraçuaí
- Archdiocese of DiamantinaDiamantina
- Diocese of Teófilo OtoniTeófilo Otoni
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Diamantina in Brazil, the Diocese of Guanhães (Latin: Dioecesis Guanhanensis) has its seat in the city of Guanhães.
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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.