Diocese of Itaguaí
Itaguaien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Itaguaí, Brazil
The Diocese of Itaguai is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, established in 1980. Its cathedral is dedicated to Saint Francis Xavier.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 March 1980
- Latin
- Itaguaien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001001690
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 240,000
- Population
- 358,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 67.0%
- Priests
- 21
- Catholics per priest
- 11,429
- Extent
- 2,549 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 94
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
- Paulo Celso Dias do Nascimento
- Born
- 14 April 1963
- Birthplace
- Lagarto
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 Sao Francisco Xavier stands in Itaguaí, 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 Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
This diocese, known in Latin as Dioecesis Itaguaiensis, lies within the ecclesiastical province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro 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.