Diocese of Três Lagoas
Trilacunen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Três Lagoas, Brazil
The Diocese of Tres Lagoas is a Latin Church diocese in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, erected on 3 January 1978 from the Diocese of Campo Grande. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Campo Grande.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 January 1978
- Latin
- Trilacunen(sis)
- Patron
- Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
- Annuario code
- 001003271
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 183,000
- Population
- 243,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 75.3%
- Priests
- 21
- Catholics per priest
- 8,714
- Extent
- 49,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.7
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
- Luiz Gonçalves Knupp
- Born
- 29 November 1967
- Birthplace
- Mandaguari
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 Santo Antônio stands in Três Lagoas, 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 Campo Grande
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Campo Grande.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Campo GrandeCampo Grande
- Diocese of CorumbáCorumbá
- Diocese of CoximCoxim
- Diocese of DouradosDourados
- Diocese of JardimJardim
- Diocese of NaviraíNaviraí
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Três Lagoas, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Trilacunensis) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Campo Grande 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.