Diocese of São Mateus
Sancti Matthaei
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · São Mateus, Brazil
Latin Catholic diocese in northern Espírito Santo, Brazil, erected in 1958 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Vitória. Its cathedral in São Mateus is dedicated to Saint Matthew.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 February 1958
- Latin
- Sancti Matthaei
- Patron
- Saint Matthew
- Annuario code
- 001002998
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 304,426
- Population
- 428,339
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 71.1%
- Priests
- 43
- Catholics per priest
- 7,080
- Extent
- 15,104 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 20
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
- Paulo Bosi Dal’Bó
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 de São Mateus stands in São Mateus, 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 Vitória
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Vitória.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Cachoeiro de ItapemirimCachoeiro de Itapemirim
- Diocese of ColatinaColatina
- Archdiocese of VitóriaVitória
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
With its seat in the city of São Mateus, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Matthaei) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Vitória 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.