Diocese of São Luiz de Cáceres
Sancti Aloisii de Caceres
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · São Luiz de Cáceres, Brazil
Latin Catholic diocese in Mato Grosso, western Brazil, erected in 1910 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Cuiabá. Its cathedral in Cáceres is dedicated to Saint Louis IX of France.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 April 1910
- Latin
- Sancti Aloisii de Caceres
- Patron
- Saint Louis IX of France
- Annuario code
- 001002997
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 351,000
- Population
- 428,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 82.0%
- Priests
- 43
- Catholics per priest
- 8,163
- Extent
- 100,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.5
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
- Jacy Diniz Rocha
- Born
- 29 September 1958
- Birthplace
- São João Evangelista
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 Luiz de França stands in São Luiz de Cáceres, 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 Cuiabá
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cuiabá.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Barra do GarçasBarra do Garças
- Diocese of DiamantinoDiamantino
- Diocese of Primavera do Leste–ParanatingaPrimavera do Leste–Paranatinga
- Diocese of Rondonópolis–GuiratingaRondonópolis–Guiratinga
- Diocese of SinopSinop
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the state of Mato Grosso, in western central Brazil, the Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Aloisii de Caceres) serves as a suffragan Latin diocese within the province of the Metropolitan Cuiabá. Its episcopal seat is the Catedral São Luiz de França in the city of Cáceres, dedicated to Saint King Louis IX of France.
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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.