Archdiocese of Fortaleza
Fortalexien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Fortaleza, Brazil
The Archdiocese of Fortaleza is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in the state of Ceará, northeastern Brazil. Established as the Diocese of Ceará in 1854, it was raised to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1915.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 June 1854
- Latin
- Fortalexien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001001431
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 2,466,000
- Population
- 3,487,000
- Catholic share
- 70.7%
- Priests
- 456
- Catholics per priest
- 5,408
- Extent
- 14,813 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 166
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
- Gregório Leozírio Ben Lâmed da Paixão Neto, O.S.B.
- Born
- 3 November 1964
- Birthplace
- Aracaju
- Institute
- Congregazione Benedettina del Brasile (O.S.B.)
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
Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Joseph stands in Fortaleza, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BaturitéBaturité
- Diocese of CrateúsCrateús
- Diocese of CratoCrato
- 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.
History
Fortaleza in Brazil is the seat of this metropolitan archdiocese, which bears the Latin title Archidioecesis Metropolitae Fortalexiensis.
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].