Diocese of Almenara
Almenaren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Almenara, Brazil
The Diocese of Almenara is a Latin Church diocese in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Diamantina. It was established on March 28, 1981, from the dioceses of Araçuaí and Teófilo Otoni, and has been led by Bishop José Hamilton de Castro since 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 March 1981
- Latin
- Almenaren(sis)
- Patron
- Saint John the Baptist
- Annuario code
- 001000655
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 143,224
- Population
- 192,800
- Catholic share
- 74.3%
- Priests
- 23
- Catholics per priest
- 6,227
- Extent
- 15,738 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.1
of the people living within its bounds
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
- José Hamilton de Castro
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 São João Batista stands in Almenara, 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 Diamantina
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Diamantina.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AraçuaíAraçuaí
- Archdiocese of DiamantinaDiamantina
- Diocese of GuanhãesGuanhães
- Diocese of Teófilo OtoniTeófilo Otoni
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Almenara, Minas Gerais, this Brazilian diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Almenarensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Diamantina.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].