Diocese of Registro
Registren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Registro, Brazil
The Diocese of Registro is a Latin Church see in Sao Paulo state, Brazil, erected in 1974 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Sorocaba. It has been led by Bishop Manoel Ferreira dos Santos Junior, M.S.C., its third bishop, since 2018.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 January 1974
- Latin
- Registren(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001002737
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 194,850
- Population
- 290,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 67.2%
- Priests
- 39
- Catholics per priest
- 4,996
- Extent
- 13,400 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 15
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
- Manoel Ferreira dos Santos Júnior
- Born
- 21 March 1967
- Birthplace
- Itapetininga
- Institute
- MISSIONARI DEL SACRO CUORE E SANTA MARIA DI GUADALUPE
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 Francisco Xavier stands in Registro, 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 Sorocaba
A suffragan of Sorocaba.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ItapetiningaItapetininga
- Diocese of ItapevaItapeva
- Diocese of JundiaíJundiaí
- Archdiocese of SorocabaSorocaba
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Sorocaba in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Registrensis) has its seat in the city of Registro.
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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.