Diocese of Caraguatatuba
Caraguatatuben(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Caraguatatuba, Brazil
The Diocese of Caraguatatuba is a Latin Church suffragan diocese on the north coast of Sao Paulo state, Brazil, established in 1999 from the Diocese of Santos. Its cathedral is dedicated to the Holy Spirit.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 March 1999
- Latin
- Caraguatatuben(sis)
- Patron
- Holy Spirit
- Annuario code
- 001001055
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 155,400
- Population
- 248,362
- Catholic share
- 62.6%
- Priests
- 30
- Catholics per priest
- 5,180
- Extent
- 1,992 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 78
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
- José Carlos Chacorowski, C.M.
- Born
- 26 December 1956
- Birthplace
- Curitiba
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DELLA MISSIONE (LAZZARISTI) (C.M.)
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 Holy Spirit stands in Caraguatatuba, 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 Aparecida
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Aparecida.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AparecidaAparecida
- Diocese of LorenaLorena
- Diocese of São José dos CamposSão José dos Campos
- Diocese of TaubatéTaubaté
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Brazilian city of Caraguatatuba is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese known in Latin as Dioecesis Caraguatatubensis.
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].