Diocese of Patos
Patosen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Patos, Brazil
The Diocese of Patos is a Latin Rite diocese in Paraiba, Brazil, erected in 1959 from the dioceses of Cajazeiras and Campina Grande. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Paraiba and is led by Bishop Eraldo Bispo da Silva.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 January 1959
- Latin
- Patosen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Guide (Nossa Senhora da Guia)
- Annuario code
- 001002561
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 337,600
- Population
- 365,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 92.5%
- Priests
- 54
- Catholics per priest
- 6,252
- Extent
- 11,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 31
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
- Eraldo Bispo da Silva
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 Nossa Senhora da Guia stands in Patos, 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 Paraiba
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Paraiba.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ParaíbaParaíba
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Paraíba in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Patosensis) has its seat in the city of Patos.
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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.