Diocese of Barretos
Barreten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Barretos, Brazil
The Diocese of Barretos is a Latin Church diocese in São Paulo state, Brazil, canonically erected on 14 April 1973 from territory of the Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto and the Diocese of Jaboticabal. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of São José do Rio Preto, led by Bishop Milton Kenan Júnior.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 April 1973
- Latin
- Barreten(sis)
- Patron
- Holy Spirit (Divino Espírito Santo)
- Annuario code
- 001000844
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 254,969
- Population
- 322,052
- Catholic share
- 79.2%
- Priests
- 45
- Catholics per priest
- 5,666
- Extent
- 8,767 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
- Milton Kenan Júnior
- Born
- 24 November 1963
- Birthplace
- Taiuva
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 the Divine Holy Spirit stands in Barretos, 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 São José do Rio Preto
A suffragan of Archdiocese of São José do Rio Preto.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CatanduvaCatanduva
- Diocese of JalesJales
- Archdiocese of São José do Rio PretoSão José do Rio Preto
- Diocese of VotuporangaVotuporanga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Barretos, a Brazilian city in the ecclesiastical province of São José do Rio Preto, gives its seat to this diocese, Dioecesis Barretensis 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].