Diocese of Roraima
Roraimen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Roraima, Brazil
Latin Church diocese covering the state of Roraima, with its see in Boa Vista. Originating as an apostolic administration in 1934, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manaus.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1934
- Latin
- Roraimen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002769
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 200,000
- Population
- 324,397
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 61.7%
- Priests
- 45
- Catholics per priest
- 4,444
- Extent
- 230,104 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.9
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
- Evaristo Pascoal Spengler
- Born
- 29 March 1959
- Birthplace
- Gaspar
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
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 Cristo Redentor stands in Roraima, 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 Manaus
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Manaus.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Alto SolimõesAlto Solimões
- Diocese of BorbaBorba
- Diocese of CoariCoari
- Archdiocese of ManausManaus
- Diocese of ParintinsParintins
- Diocese of São Gabriel da CachoeiraSão Gabriel da Cachoeira
- Territorial Prelature of ItacoatiaraItacoatiara
- Territorial Prelature of TeféTefé
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering the state of Roraima, this Brazilian diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Roraimensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Manaus.
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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.