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Diocese of Janaúba

Ianauben(sis)

The Diocese of Janaúba is a Latin Rite diocese in Minas Gerais, Brazil, established on July 5, 2000 from the Dioceses of Januária and Montes Claros. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montes Claros.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
5 July 2000
Latin
Ianauben(sis)
Patron
Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
Annuario code
001001719

The see in figures

Catholics
357,000
Population
362,400
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
98.5%
Priests
48
Catholics per priest
7,438
Extent
28,975 km²
Catholics per km²
12

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
Roberto José da Silva

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 Sagrado Coração de Jesus stands in Janaúba, 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 Montes Claros

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Montes Claros.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Janaúba, a city in the ecclesiastical province of Montes Claros in Brazil, is the seat of this diocese, titled Dioecesis Ianaubena in Latin.

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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.