Diocese of Caratinga
Caratingen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Caratinga, Brazil
The Diocese of Caratinga is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, erected in 1915. Its cathedral is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 December 1915
- Latin
- Caratingen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint John the Baptist
- Annuario code
- 001001057
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 549,000
- Population
- 652,000
- Catholic share
- 84.2%
- Priests
- 106
- Catholics per priest
- 5,179
- Extent
- 15,085 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 36
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
- Juarez Delorto Secco
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 João Batista stands in Caratinga, 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 Mariana
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mariana.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Governador ValadaresGovernador Valadares
- Diocese of Itabira–FabricianoItabira–Fabriciano
- Archdiocese of MarianaMariana
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Caratinga, a city within Brazil's ecclesiastical province of Mariana, hosts a Roman Catholic diocese bearing the Latin name Dioecesis Caratingensis.
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].