Diocese of Ji-Paraná
Giparanen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ji-Paraná, Brazil
The Diocese of Ji-Parana is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in Rondonia, Brazil. Established as the Territorial Prelature of Vila Rondonia in 1978 and promoted to a diocese in 1983, it is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Porto Velho.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1978
- Latin
- Giparanen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint John Bosco
- Annuario code
- 001001747
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 480,000
- Population
- 709,938
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 67.6%
- Priests
- 51
- Catholics per priest
- 9,412
- Extent
- 120,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.0
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
- Norbert Hans Christoph Foerster, S.V.D.
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 Joao Bosco stands in Ji-Paraná, 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 Porto Velho
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Porto Velho.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Cruzeiro do SulCruzeiro do Sul
- Diocese of Guajará-MirimGuajará-Mirim
- Diocese of HumaitáHumaitá
- Diocese of LábreaLábrea
- Archdiocese of Porto VelhoPorto Velho
- Diocese of Rio BrancoRio Branco
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Ji-Paraná gives its name and seat to this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Giparanensis), a member of the ecclesiastical province of Porto Velho in Brazil.
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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.