Diocese of Nova Friburgo
Neo-Friburgen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nova Friburgo, Brazil
The Diocese of Nova Friburgo is a Latin Rite diocese in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, erected on 26 March 1960 from the dioceses of Barra do Piraí and Petrópolis. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Niterói.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 March 1960
- Latin
- Neo-Friburgen(sis)
- Patron
- Imaculada Conceição
- Annuario code
- 001002416
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 503,000
- Population
- 620,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 81.1%
- Priests
- 80
- Catholics per priest
- 6,288
- Extent
- 10,086 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 50
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
- Pedro Cunha Cruz
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 João Batista stands in Nova Friburgo, 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 Niterói
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Niterói.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CamposCampos
- Archdiocese of NiteróiNiterói
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Nova Friburgo is the seat of this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Neo-Friburgensis), part of the ecclesiastical province of Niterói in Brazil.
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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.