Archdiocese of Uberaba

Uberaben(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Uberaba, Brazil

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Uberaba is a Latin Church archdiocese in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Erected as a diocese in 1907 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1962, it is the metropolitan see for the suffragan dioceses of Ituiutaba, Patos de Minas, and Uberlandia.

The see

Rank: Metropolitan see
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 29 September 1907
Latin: Uberaben(sis)
Patron: Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sagrado Coração de Jesus)
Annuario code: 001000031

The see in figures

Catholics: 444,081
Population: 693,185
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 64.1%
Priests: 81
Catholics per priest: 5,482
Extent: 27,228 km²
Catholics per km²: 16

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

Archbishop: Paulo Mendes Peixoto

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 Metropolitana Sagrado Coração de Jesus stands in Uberaba, 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 Uberaba

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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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.