Diocese of Itapeva
Itapeven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Itapeva, Brazil
The Diocese of Itapeva is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, established in 1968. Its cathedral is dedicated to Saint Anne.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 March 1968
- Latin
- Itapeven(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anne
- Annuario code
- 001001693
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 253,000
- Population
- 401,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 63.1%
- Priests
- 49
- Catholics per priest
- 5,163
- Extent
- 14,182 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 18
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
- Eduardo Malaspina
- Born
- 12 July 1967
- Birthplace
- Tabatinga
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 Sant'Ana stands in Itapeva, 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 Sorocaba
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Sorocaba.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ItapetiningaItapetininga
- Diocese of JundiaíJundiaí
- Diocese of RegistroRegistro
- Archdiocese of SorocabaSorocaba
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Sorocaba in Brazil, the Diocese of Itapeva (Latin: Dioecesis Itapevensis) has its seat in the city of Itapeva.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Rua Coronel Crescêncio 311, 18400-140 Itapeva, SP, Brasil
- Telephone
- [015]3522-0015
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.