Diocese of Luz
Luceatin(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Luz, Brazil
The Diocese of Luz is a Latin rite diocese in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, erected in 1918 as the Diocese of Aterrado and renamed Luz in 1960, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte. The current bishop is José Aristeu Vieira, appointed in 2015.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1918
- Latin
- Luceatin(us)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Light (Nossa Senhora da Luz)
- Annuario code
- 001002076
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 352,800
- Population
- 441,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 80.0%
- Priests
- 81
- Catholics per priest
- 4,356
- Extent
- 32,976 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11
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
- José Aristeu Vieira
- Born
- 14 July 1952
- Birthplace
- Rio Vermelho
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 da Luz stands in Luz, 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 Belo Horizonte
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Belo HorizonteBelo Horizonte
- Diocese of DivinópolisDivinópolis
- Diocese of OliveiraOliveira
- Diocese of Sete LagoasSete Lagoas
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Belo Horizonte in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Luceatinus) takes its seat in the city of Luz.
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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.