Diocese of Jaboticabal
Iaboticaballen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Jaboticabal, Brazil
The Diocese of Jaboticabal is a Latin Rite diocese in São Paulo state, Brazil, established on January 25, 1929 from the Diocese of São Carlos do Pinhal. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 January 1929
- Latin
- Iaboticaballen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- Annuario code
- 001001702
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 327,000
- Population
- 446,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 73.3%
- Priests
- 61
- Catholics per priest
- 5,361
- Extent
- 5,175 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 63
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 Pinheiro da Silva, S.D.B.
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 Nossa Senhora do Carmo stands in Jaboticabal, 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 Ribeirão Preto
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of FrancaFranca
- Archdiocese of Ribeirão PretoRibeirão Preto
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Jaboticabal, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Iaboticaballensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Ribeirão Preto 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.