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Diocese of Itabira–Fabriciano

Itabiren(sis)-Fabriciannen(sis)

The Diocese of Itabira-Fabriciano is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Minas Gerais, Brazil, created in 1965 by Pope Paul VI. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mariana with sees in Itabira and Coronel Fabriciano.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1965
Latin
Itabiren(sis)-Fabriciannen(sis)
Patron
Nuestra Señora Aparecida
Annuario code
001001688

The see in figures

Catholics
675,975
Population
728,917
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
92.7%
Priests
73
Catholics per priest
9,260
Extent
8,724 km²
Catholics per km²
77

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

The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.

The cathedral

Catedral Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Itabira stands in Itabira–Fabriciano, 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 Mariana

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mariana.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Two cities, Itabira and Coronel Fabriciano, share this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Itabirensis-Fabriciannensis), which forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Mariana in Brazil.

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Sources

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.