Diocese of Araguaína
Araguainen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Araguaína, Brazil
The Diocese of Araguaína is a Latin Church diocese in Tocantins state, Brazil, established on January 31, 2023 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Palmas. Giovane Pereira de Melo was installed as its first bishop in April 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 31 January 2023
- Latin
- Araguainen(sis)
- Patron
- São João Batista (Saint John the Baptist)
- Annuario code
- 001005113
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 215,794
- Population
- 308,278
- Catholic share
- 70.0%
- Priests
- 18
- Catholics per priest
- 11,989
- Extent
- 35,826 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.0
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
- Giovane Pereira de Melo
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 Araguaína, 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 Palmas
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Palmas.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CristalândiaCristalândia
- Diocese of Miracema do TocantinsMiracema do Tocantins
- Archdiocese of PalmasPalmas
- Diocese of Porto NacionalPorto Nacional
- Diocese of TocantinópolisTocantinópolis
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Araguaína is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Palmas in the state of Tocantins.
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].