Diocese of Crateús
Crateopolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Crateús, Brazil
The Diocese of Crateus is a Latin Church diocese in the state of Ceara, Brazil, erected in 1963 from territory of the dioceses of Iguatu and Sobral. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza, with its cathedral in Crateus.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 September 1963
- Latin
- Crateopolitan(us)
- Patron
- Our Lord of the Good End
- Annuario code
- 001001229
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 336,317
- Population
- 367,017
- Catholic share
- 91.6%
- Priests
- 27
- Catholics per priest
- 12,456
- Extent
- 21,817 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 15
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
- Ailton Menegussi
- Born
- 5 November 1962
- Birthplace
- Nova Venécia
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 Senhor do Bonfim stands in Crateús, 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 Fortaleza
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Fortaleza.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BaturitéBaturité
- Diocese of CratoCrato
- Archdiocese of FortalezaFortaleza
- Diocese of IguatuIguatu
- Diocese of ItapipocaItapipoca
- Diocese of Limoeiro do NorteLimoeiro do Norte
- Diocese of QuixadáQuixadá
- Diocese of SobralSobral
- Diocese of TianguáTianguá
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Crateús, a city within Brazil's ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza, is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese that carries the Latin name Dioecesis Crateopolitana.
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].