Diocese of Paracatu
Paracatuen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Paracatu, Brazil
The Diocese of Paracatu is a Latin Rite diocese in Minas Gerais, Brazil, erected as a diocese in 1962 after originating as a territorial prelature in 1929. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montes Claros.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 March 1929
- Latin
- Paracatuen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anthony of Padua
- Annuario code
- 001002537
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 234,000
- Population
- 300,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 78.0%
- Priests
- 51
- Catholics per priest
- 4,588
- Extent
- 54,387 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.3
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
- Jorge Alves Bezerra
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 Santo Antonio stands in Paracatu, 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 Montes Claros
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Montes Claros.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of JanaúbaJanaúba
- Diocese of JanuáriaJanuária
- Archdiocese of Montes ClarosMontes Claros
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the Brazilian city of Paracatu, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Paracatuensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Montes Claros.
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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.