Diocese of Crato
Craten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Crato, Brazil
The Diocese of Crato is a Latin Church diocese in the Cariri region of southern Ceara, Brazil, erected in 1914 from the then Diocese of Ceara. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza, with its see at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Penha in Crato.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 October 1914
- Latin
- Craten(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Penha
- Annuario code
- 001001230
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,015,082
- Population
- 954,411
- Priests
- 124
- Catholics per priest
- 8,186
- Extent
- 18,645 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 54
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
- Magnus Henrique Lopes, O.F.M. Cap.
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 Nossa Senhora da Penha stands in Crato, 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 CrateúsCrateús
- 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.
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].