Diocese of Floresta
Floresten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Floresta, Brazil
The Diocese of Floresta is a Latin Church see in Pernambuco, Brazil, established in 1964 from the dioceses of Pesqueira and Petrópolis. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife and led by Bishop Gabriele Marchesi.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 February 1964
- Latin
- Floresten(sis)
- Patron
- Bom Jesus dos Aflitos (Good Jesus of the Afflicted)
- Annuario code
- 001001419
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 248,690
- Population
- 253,060
- Catholic share
- 98.3%
- Priests
- 17
- Catholics per priest
- 14,629
- Extent
- 18,210 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 14
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
- Gabriele Marchesi
- Born
- 16 September 1953
- Birthplace
- Incisa Valdarno
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 Bom Jesus dos Aflitos stands in Floresta, 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 Olinda e Recife
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Afogados da IngazeiraAfogados da Ingazeira
- Diocese of CaruaruCaruaru
- Diocese of GaranhunsGaranhuns
- Diocese of NazaréNazaré
- Archdiocese of Olinda e RecifeOlinda e Recife
- Diocese of PalmaresPalmares
- Diocese of PesqueiraPesqueira
- Diocese of PetrolinaPetrolina
- Diocese of SalgueiroSalgueiro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Floresta gives its name to this Brazilian diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Florestensis), a member of the ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife.
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].