Diocese of Valença
Valentin(us) in Brasilia
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Valença, Brazil
The Diocese of Valença is a Latin Church diocese in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, established in 1925 from the Diocese of Barra do Piraí. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, led since 2014 by Bishop Nelson Francelino Ferreira.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 March 1925
- Latin
- Valentin(us) in Brasilia
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora da Glória
- Annuario code
- 001000063
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 247,550
- Population
- 330,358
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 74.9%
- Priests
- 30
- Catholics per priest
- 8,252
- Extent
- 3,996 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 62
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
- Nelson Francelino Ferreira
- Born
- 26 February 1965
- Birthplace
- Sapé
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 Glória stands in Valença, 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 São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
A suffragan of Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Barra do Piraí–Volta RedondaBarra do Piraí–Volta Redonda
- Diocese of Duque de CaxiasDuque de Caxias
- Diocese of Nova IguaçuNova Iguaçu
- Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de JaneiroSão Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Valentinus in Brasilia) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
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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.