Diocese of Sobral
Sobralen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sobral, Brazil
Latin rite diocese in Ceará, Brazil, erected in 1915 from the Diocese of Ceará. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza, with José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos as bishop since 2015.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 November 1915
- Latin
- Sobralen(sis)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição
- Annuario code
- 001003078
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 777,000
- Population
- 917,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 84.7%
- Priests
- 74
- Catholics per priest
- 10,500
- Extent
- 18,920 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 41
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 Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos
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 Nossa Senhora da Conceição stands in Sobral, 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 Fortaleza
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Fortaleza.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BaturitéBaturité
- Diocese of CrateúsCrateús
- Diocese of CratoCrato
- Archdiocese of FortalezaFortaleza
- Diocese of IguatuIguatu
- Diocese of ItapipocaItapipoca
- Diocese of Limoeiro do NorteLimoeiro do Norte
- Diocese of QuixadáQuixadá
- Diocese of TianguáTianguá
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Sobralensis, Portuguese: Diocese de Sobral) has its seat in the city of Sobral.
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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.