Diocese of Ruy Barbosa
Ruibarbosen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ruy Barbosa, Brazil
Latin Church diocese in Ruy Barbosa, Bahia, erected in 1959 from neighboring sees. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Feira de Santana.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 November 1959
- Latin
- Ruibarbosen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anthony
- Annuario code
- 001002788
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 357,000
- Population
- 445,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 80.2%
- Priests
- 22
- Catholics per priest
- 16,227
- Extent
- 25,169 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 14
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
- Estevam dos Santos Silva Filho
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 Antônio stands in Ruy Barbosa, 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 Feira de Santana
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Feira de Santana.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BarreirasBarreiras
- Diocese of BonfimBonfim
- Archdiocese of Feira de SantanaFeira de Santana
- Diocese of IrecêIrecê
- Diocese of JuazeiroJuazeiro
- Diocese of Paulo AfonsoPaulo Afonso
- Diocese of SerrinhaSerrinha
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Ruy Barbosa in Bahia is the seat of this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Ruibarbosensis), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Feira de Santana in Brazil.
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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.