Diocese of Cristalândia
Cristalandien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cristalândia, Brazil
The Diocese of Cristalandia is a Latin Church diocese in Tocantins, Brazil, established as a territorial prelature in 1956 and elevated to a diocese in 2019. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Palmas, with its cathedral dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1956
- Latin
- Cristalandien(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help
- Annuario code
- 001000263
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 138,750
- Population
- 245,020
- Catholic share
- 56.6%
- Priests
- 28
- Catholics per priest
- 4,955
- Extent
- 62,691 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.2
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
- Wellington de Queiroz Vieira
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 do Perpetuo Socorro stands in Cristalândia, 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 Palmas
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Palmas.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AraguaínaAraguaína
- Diocese of Miracema do TocantinsMiracema do Tocantins
- Archdiocese of PalmasPalmas
- Diocese of Porto NacionalPorto Nacional
- Diocese of TocantinópolisTocantinópolis
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In central Brazil, the Diocese of Cristalândia (Latin: Dioecesis Cristalandiensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Palmas. Its territory takes in municipalities of southwest Tocantins along with five in northwest Goiás state. The episcopal cathedral, the Marian Catedral Prelatícia Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro, dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Support, stands in the city of Cristalândia in the Amazonian state of Tocantins.
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].