Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins
Miraceman(us) Tocantinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Miracema do Tocantins, Brazil
The Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins is a Latin Church diocese in Tocantins state, Brazil, established as a territorial prelature in 1966 and later raised to a diocese. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Palmas and is led by Bishop Philip Dickmans.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1966
- Latin
- Miraceman(us) Tocantinen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Therese of the Child Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001002252
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 153,760
- Population
- 224,620
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 68.5%
- Priests
- 18
- Catholics per priest
- 8,542
- Extent
- 47,816 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.2
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
- Philip Dickmans
- Born
- 4 January 1963
- Birthplace
- Herk-de-Stad
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 Santa Terezinha do Menino Jesus stands in Miracema do Tocantins, 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 Palmas
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Palmas.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AraguaínaAraguaína
- Diocese of CristalândiaCristalândia
- Archdiocese of PalmasPalmas
- Diocese of Porto NacionalPorto Nacional
- Diocese of TocantinópolisTocantinópolis
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Miracema do Tocantins gives its seat to this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Miracemanus Tocantinensis), part of the ecclesiastical province of Palmas 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.