Archdiocese of Manaus
Manaën(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Manaus, Brazil
The Archdiocese of Manaus is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Amazonas state, Brazil, erected as the Diocese of Amazonas in 1892 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1952. Its current ordinary is Cardinal Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M., the first cardinal from the Amazon region.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1892
- Latin
- Manaën(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Conception
- Annuario code
- 001002134
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,200,000
- Population
- 1,405,835
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 85.4%
- Priests
- 253
- Catholics per priest
- 4,743
- Extent
- 65,146 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 18
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
- Archbishop
- Leonardo Ulrich Steiner
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 Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Conceicao stands in Manaus, 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 Manaus
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Alto SolimõesAlto Solimões
- Diocese of BorbaBorba
- Diocese of CoariCoari
- Diocese of ParintinsParintins
- Diocese of RoraimaRoraima
- Diocese of São Gabriel da CachoeiraSão Gabriel da Cachoeira
- Territorial Prelature of ItacoatiaraItacoatiara
- Territorial Prelature of TeféTefé
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.