Diocese of Votuporanga
Votuporangen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Votuporanga, Brazil
The Diocese of Votuporanga is a Latin Church diocese in northwest São Paulo state, Brazil, created in 2016 from the dioceses of Jales and São José do Rio Preto. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of São José do Rio Preto, led since its founding by Bishop Moacir Aparecido de Freitas.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 July 2016
- Latin
- Votuporangen(sis)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora Aparecida
- Annuario code
- 001000533
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 164,246
- Population
- 260,885
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 63.0%
- Priests
- 32
- Catholics per priest
- 5,133
- Extent
- 7,694 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 21
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
- Moacir Aparecido de Freitas
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 Aparecida stands in Votuporanga, 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 José do Rio Preto
A suffragan of Archdiocese of São José do Rio Preto.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BarretosBarretos
- Diocese of CatanduvaCatanduva
- Diocese of JalesJales
- Archdiocese of São José do Rio PretoSão José do Rio Preto
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the northwest of São Paulo State, in southern Brazil, the Diocese of Votuporanga stands as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of São José do Rio Preto. Its cathedral seat, the Catedral Nossa Senhora Aparecida in Votuporanga, São Paulo State, is devoted to Our Lady of Aparecida.
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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.