Diocese of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo
Dominae Nostrae Paradisi Graecorum Melkitarum
Suffragan eparchy · Melkite Greek Catholic Church · São Paulo, Brazil
The Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo is a Melkite Greek Catholic eparchy for the Melkite faithful in Brazil, seated in São Paulo and erected on 29 November 1971. Bishop George Khoury has been eparch since 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Melkite Greek Catholic Church
- Erected
- 1971
- Latin
- Dominae Nostrae Paradisi Graecorum Melkitarum
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora do Paraíso
- Annuario code
- 001002409
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 436,000
- Priests
- 12
- Catholics per priest
- 36,333
- Extent
- 8,514,215 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
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
- Eparch
- Georges Khoury
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 de Nossa Senhora do Paraíso stands in São Paulo, 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 Sao Paulo
A suffragan of Sao Paulo.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Mogi das CruzesMogi das Cruzes
- Diocese of Santo AmaroSanto Amaro
- Diocese of Santo AndréSanto André
- Diocese of SantosSantos
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Located in the city of São Paulo within that city's ecclesiastical province, this Brazilian eparchy bears the Latin name Eparchia Dominae Nostrae Paradisi Sancti Pauli Graecorum Melkitarum.
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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.