Archdiocese of Feira de Santana
Fori S. Annae
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Feira de Santana, Brazil
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Feira de Santana is a Latin Church see in Bahia, Brazil, erected as a diocese in 1962 and elevated to an archdiocese in 2002. It is led by Archbishop Zanoni Demettino Castro and oversees several suffragan dioceses in the interior of Bahia.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 July 1962
- Latin
- Fori S. Annae
- Patron
- Saint Anne
- Annuario code
- 001001405
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 859,949
- Population
- 960,033
- Catholic share
- 89.6%
- Priests
- 80
- Catholics per priest
- 10,749
- Extent
- 16,878 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 51
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
- Archbishop
- Zanoni Demettino Castro
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
Cathedral of Saint Anne stands in Feira de Santana, 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 Feira de Santana
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BarreirasBarreiras
- Diocese of BonfimBonfim
- Diocese of IrecêIrecê
- Diocese of JuazeiroJuazeiro
- Diocese of Paulo AfonsoPaulo Afonso
- Diocese of Ruy BarbosaRuy Barbosa
- Diocese of SerrinhaSerrinha
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Feira de Santana in Brazil is the seat of this archdiocese, which carries the Latin title Archidioecesis Fori Sancti Annae.
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].