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Diocese of Tianguá

Tianguen(sis)

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:

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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Sources

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.