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Suffragan diocese Duque de Caxias, Brazil

Diocese of Duque de Caxias

Caxien(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Duque de Caxias is a Latin Church see in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, established in 1980 from the dioceses of Nova Iguaçu and Petrópolis. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro and led by Bishop Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of Saint Anthony, in Duque de Caxias, Brazil.

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Established
1980
Catholics
976,000
Priests
54
Territory
511 km²

Parishes and churches

13 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Saint Anthony stands in Duque de Caxias, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Within the ecclesiastical province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil lies the Diocese of Duque de Caxias, seated in the city of the same name and titled Dioecesis Caxiensis in Latin.

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