Diocese of Tianguá
Tianguen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tianguá, Brazil
The Diocese of Tiangua is a Latin Church diocese in Ceara, Brazil, erected on 13 March 1971 from the Diocese of Sobral. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 March 1971
- Latin
- Tianguen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anne (Sant'Ana)
- Annuario code
- 001003220
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 408,100
- Population
- 445,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 91.7%
- Priests
- 44
- Catholics per priest
- 9,275
- Extent
- 9,680 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 42
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
- Francisco Edimilson Neves Ferreira
- Born
- 3 October 1969
- Birthplace
- Jardim
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 Sant'Ana stands in Tianguá, 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 SobralSobral
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Tianguá, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Tianguensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza 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.