Diocese of Araçatuba
Arassatuben(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Araçatuba, Brazil
The Diocese of Araçatuba is a Latin Church diocese in São Paulo state, Brazil, erected on March 23, 1994 from the Diocese of Lins. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Botucatu.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 March 1994
- Latin
- Arassatuben(sis)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora Aparecida (Our Lady of Aparecida)
- Annuario code
- 001000716
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 424,550
- Population
- 500,000
- Catholic share
- 84.9%
- Priests
- 50
- Catholics per priest
- 8,491
- Extent
- 9,798 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 43
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
- Sérgio Krzywy
- Born
- 30 June 1952
- Birthplace
- Palmeira
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 Araçatuba, 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 Botucatu
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Botucatu.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AssisAssis
- Diocese of BauruBauru
- Archdiocese of BotucatuBotucatu
- Diocese of LinsLins
- Diocese of MaríliaMarília
- Diocese of OurinhosOurinhos
- Diocese of Presidente PrudentePresidente Prudente
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Araçatuba, a city in Brazil's ecclesiastical province of Botucatu, is the seat of this diocese, known in Latin as Dioecesis Arassatubensis.
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].