Diocese of Barreiras
Barrerien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Barreiras, Brazil
The Diocese of Barreiras is a Latin Church diocese in western Bahia, Brazil, established on 21 May 1979 from territory of the Diocese of Barra. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Feira de Santana, led by Bishop Moacir Silva Arantes.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 May 1979
- Latin
- Barrerien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint John the Baptist (São João Batista)
- Annuario code
- 001000843
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 320,000
- Population
- 355,000
- Catholic share
- 90.1%
- Priests
- 22
- Catholics per priest
- 14,545
- Extent
- 72,675 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.4
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
- Moacir Silva Arantes
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
Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist stands in Barreiras, 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 Feira de Santana
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Feira de Santana.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BonfimBonfim
- Archdiocese of Feira de SantanaFeira de Santana
- Diocese of IrecêIrecê
- Diocese of JuazeiroJuazeiro
- Diocese of Paulo AfonsoPaulo Afonso
- Diocese of Ruy BarbosaRuy Barbosa
- Diocese of SerrinhaSerrinha
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Feira de Santana in Brazil, the city of Barreiras is the seat of this diocese, called Dioecesis Barreriensis 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].