Diocese of Jardim
Viridarien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Jardim, Brazil
The Diocese of Jardim is a Latin Rite diocese in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, established on January 30, 1981 from the Diocese of Corumbá. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Campo Grande.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 January 1981
- Latin
- Viridarien(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Fátima
- Annuario code
- 001001721
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 139,852
- Population
- 365,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 38.3%
- Priests
- 20
- Catholics per priest
- 6,993
- Extent
- 69,972 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.0
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
- Pedro Cesário Palma, O.F.M. Cap.
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
Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral stands in Jardim, 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 Campo Grande
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Campo Grande.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Campo GrandeCampo Grande
- Diocese of CorumbáCorumbá
- Diocese of CoximCoxim
- Diocese of DouradosDourados
- Diocese of NaviraíNaviraí
- Diocese of Três LagoasTrês Lagoas
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Jardim, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Viridariensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Campo Grande 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.