Diocese of Ipameri
Ipamerien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ipameri, Brazil
The Diocese of Ipameri is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the state of Goias, Brazil, established in 1966 from territory of the Archdiocese of Goiania. Its cathedral is dedicated to the Holy Spirit.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 October 1966
- Latin
- Ipamerien(sis)
- Patron
- Holy Spirit
- Annuario code
- 001001667
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 299,000
- Population
- 285,000
- Priests
- 18
- Catholics per priest
- 16,611
- Extent
- 22,947 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 13
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
- José Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo
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 Divino Espirito Santo stands in Ipameri, 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 Goiania
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Goiania.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil, Ipameri (Latin: Dioecesis Ipameriensis) is suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiânia. Its cathedral, the Catedral Divino Espírito Santo, dedicated to the Holy Spirit, stands in the episcopal see of Ipameri. José Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo currently serves as its bishop.
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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.