Diocese of Assis
Assisen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Assis, Brazil
The Diocese of Assis is a Latin Church diocese in São Paulo state, Brazil, erected on November 11, 1928. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Botucatu.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 November 1928
- Latin
- Assisen(sis)
- Patron
- Sagrado Coração de Jesus (Sacred Heart of Jesus)
- Annuario code
- 001000739
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 267,000
- Population
- 314,000
- Catholic share
- 85.0%
- Priests
- 46
- Catholics per priest
- 5,804
- Extent
- 9,187 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 29
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
- Argemiro de Azevedo, C.M.F.
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 do Sagrado Coração de Jesus stands in Assis, 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 AraçatubaAraçatuba
- 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
The city of Assis, within the ecclesiastical province of Botucatu in Brazil, holds the seat of this diocese, Dioecesis Assisensis in Latin.
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].