Diocese of São João del Rei
Sancti Ioannis a Rege
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · São João del Rei, Brazil
Latin Catholic diocese in Minas Gerais, Brazil, erected in 1960 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora. Its see is the Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in São João del Rei.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 May 1960
- Latin
- Sancti Ioannis a Rege
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Pillar
- Annuario code
- 001002991
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 506,000
- Population
- 520,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 97.3%
- Priests
- 76
- Catholics per priest
- 6,658
- Extent
- 9,503 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 53
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
- José Eudes Campos do Nascimento
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 Basílica Nossa Senhora do Pilar stands in São João del Rei, 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 Juiz de Fora
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Juiz de ForaJuiz de Fora
- Diocese of LeopoldinaLeopoldina
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Brazil, the Diocese of São João del Rei (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis a Rege) is suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora. In the city of São João del-Rei stands its cathedral, the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, São João del Rei, a minor basilica dedicated to Our Lady of the Pillar.
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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.