Diocese of Sinop
Sinopen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sinop, Brazil
Latin rite diocese in Mato Grosso, Brazil, erected in 1982 from the Diocese of Diamantino. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cuiabá, with Canísio Klaus as bishop since 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 February 1982
- Latin
- Sinopen(sis)
- Patron
- Sagrado Coração de Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001003067
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 534,000
- Population
- 650,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 82.2%
- Priests
- 59
- Catholics per priest
- 9,051
- Extent
- 191,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.8
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
- Canísio Klaus
- Born
- 9 October 1951
- Birthplace
- Arroio do Meio
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 Sagrado Coração de Jesus stands in Sinop, 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 São Luiz de CáceresSão Luiz de Cáceres
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Sinop, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Sinopensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Cuiabá 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.