Diocese of Iguatu
Iguatuvin(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Iguatu, Brazil
Diocese in Iguatu, Ceara, erected on 28 January 1961 by Pope John XXIII, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Fortaleza. The current bishop is Dom Geraldo Freire Soares, C.SS.R., serving since 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 January 1961
- Latin
- Iguatuvin(us)
- Patron
- São José
- Annuario code
- 001001647
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 498,000
- Population
- 525,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 94.9%
- Priests
- 47
- Catholics per priest
- 10,596
- Extent
- 21,904 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 23
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 Geraldo Freire Soares, C.SS.R.
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 São José stands in Iguatu, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Fortaleza.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BaturitéBaturité
- Diocese of CrateúsCrateús
- Diocese of CratoCrato
- Archdiocese of FortalezaFortaleza
- Diocese of ItapipocaItapipoca
- Diocese of Limoeiro do NorteLimoeiro do Norte
- Diocese of QuixadáQuixadá
- Diocese of SobralSobral
- Diocese of TianguáTianguá
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Iguatu, a city in the ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza in Brazil, gives its name to this diocese, known in Latin as Dioecesis Iguatuvinus.
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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.