Diocese of Caicó
Caicoën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Caicó, Brazil
The Diocese of Caicó is a Latin Church diocese in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Natal. Its cathedral is dedicated to Saint Anne, and it has been led by Bishop Antônio Ranis Rosendo dos Santos, C.SS.R., since 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 November 1939
- Latin
- Caicoën(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anne
- Annuario code
- 001001009
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 251,000
- Population
- 277,000
- Catholic share
- 90.6%
- Priests
- 48
- Catholics per priest
- 5,229
- Extent
- 9,372 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 27
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
- Dom Antônio Ranis Rosendo dos Santos, C.SS.R.
- Born
- 3 September 1973
- Birthplace
- Porto da Folha
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DEL SANTISSIMO REDENTORE (REDENTORISTI O LIGUORINI) (C.SS.R.)
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 Sant'Ana stands in Caicó, 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 Natal
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Natal.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of MossoróMossoró
- Archdiocese of NatalNatal
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Caicó is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Caicoënsis) belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Natal in Brazil.
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].