Diocese of Rio Branco
Fluminis Albi Superioris
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Rio Branco, Brazil
Latin Church diocese in Rio Branco, Acre, in the upper Amazon basin. Established as the Territorial Prelature of Acre and Purus in 1919 and elevated to a diocese in 1986, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Porto Velho.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1919
- Latin
- Fluminis Albi Superioris
- Patron
- Our Lady of Nazareth
- Annuario code
- 001002754
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 443,000
- Population
- 502,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 88.2%
- Priests
- 41
- Catholics per priest
- 10,805
- Extent
- 102,136 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
- Joaquín Pertíñez Fernández
- Born
- 22 September 1952
- Birthplace
- Monachil
- Institute
- AGOSTINIANI RECOLLETTI
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 de Nazaré stands in Rio Branco, 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 Porto Velho
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Porto Velho.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Cruzeiro do SulCruzeiro do Sul
- Diocese of Guajará-MirimGuajará-Mirim
- Diocese of HumaitáHumaitá
- Diocese of Ji-ParanáJi-Paraná
- Diocese of LábreaLábrea
- Archdiocese of Porto VelhoPorto Velho
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the upper Amazon River basin, this Latin suffragan see (Latin: Dioecesis Fluminis Albi Superioris) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Velho (Rondônia). Its cathedral, the Marian Catedral Nossa Senhora de Nazaré, honoring Our Lady of Nazareth, stands in the city of Rio Branco in Acre state, Brazil.
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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.