Diocese of Leopoldina
Leopoldinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Leopoldina, Brazil
The Diocese of Leopoldina is a Latin rite diocese in Minas Gerais, Brazil, erected in 1942 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora. Its cathedral is Catedral São Sebastião and the current bishop is Edson José Oriolo dos Santos.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 March 1942
- Latin
- Leopoldinen(sis)
- Patron
- Imaculado Coração de Maria, Saint Antonio María Claret y Clará
- Annuario code
- 001001986
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 396,865
- Population
- 529,154
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 75.0%
- Priests
- 68
- Catholics per priest
- 5,836
- Extent
- 8,491 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 47
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
- Edson José Oriolo dos Santos
- Born
- 18 September 1964
- Birthplace
- Itajubá
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 São Sebastião stands in Leopoldina, 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 Juiz de Fora
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Juiz de ForaJuiz de Fora
- Diocese of São João del ReiSão João del Rei
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Leopoldina is the seat of this Brazilian diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Leopoldinensis), which sits within the ecclesiastical province of Juiz de Fora.
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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.