Diocese of São Miguel Paulista
Sancti Michaëlis Paulinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · São Miguel Paulista, Brazil
Latin Catholic diocese covering the eastern districts of the city of São Paulo, Brazil, erected in 1989 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of São Paulo. Its cathedral is dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 March 1989
- Latin
- Sancti Michaëlis Paulinen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Michael the Archangel
- Annuario code
- 001002999
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 2,198,284
- Population
- 2,648,534
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 83.0%
- Priests
- 136
- Catholics per priest
- 16,164
- Extent
- 196 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11,216
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
- Algacir Munhak
- Born
- 19 April 1966
- Birthplace
- Cascavel
- Institute
- MISSIONARI DI S. CARLO (SCALABRINIANI)
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 Miguel Arcanjo stands in São Miguel Paulista, 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 São Paulo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of São Paulo.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Campo LimpoCampo Limpo
- Diocese of GuarulhosGuarulhos
- Diocese of OsascoOsasco
- Archdiocese of São PauloSão Paulo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
São Miguel Paulista, within the city of São Paulo, is the episcopal seat of this Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Michaëlis Paulinensis). It stands as a suffragan in the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo.
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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.