Diocese of Camaçari
Camassarien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Camaçari, Brazil
The Diocese of Camaçari is a Latin Church diocese in the state of Bahia, Brazil, erected on 15 December 2010 from the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, to which it is suffragan. Its cathedral is dedicated to Saint Thomas of Canterbury, and it is led by Bishop Dirceu de Oliveira Medeiros.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 December 2010
- Latin
- Camassarien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Thomas of Canterbury
- Annuario code
- 001001025
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 500,000
- Population
- 708,122
- Catholic share
- 70.6%
- Priests
- 35
- Catholics per priest
- 14,286
- Extent
- 2,382 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 210
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 Dirceu de Oliveira Medeiros
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 Tomás de Cantuária stands in Camaçari, 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 Salvador da Bahia
A suffragan of Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AlagoinhasAlagoinhas
- Diocese of AmargosaAmargosa
- Diocese of EunápolisEunápolis
- Diocese of IlhéusIlhéus
- Archdiocese of São Salvador da BahiaSão Salvador da Bahia
- Diocese of Teixeira de Freitas–CaravelasTeixeira de Freitas–Caravelas
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan see of the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camaçari (Latin: Dioecesis Camassariensis) is seated in the city of Camaçari, in Bahia, 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].