Diocese of Franca
Francopolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Franca, Brazil
The Diocese of Franca is a Latin Church diocese in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto. It was established in 1971 from territory of the Diocese of Rio Preto.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 February 1971
- Latin
- Francopolitan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001439
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 600,000
- Population
- 760,000
- Catholic share
- 78.9%
- Priests
- 83
- Catholics per priest
- 7,229
- Extent
- 6,721 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 89
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
- Paulo Roberto Beloto
- Born
- 9 April 1957
- Birthplace
- Adamantina
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 Our Lady of the Conception stands in Franca, 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 Ribeirão Preto
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of JaboticabalJaboticabal
- Archdiocese of Ribeirão PretoRibeirão Preto
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Ribeirão Preto in Brazil, the Diocese of Franca has its seat in the city of Franca and carries the Latin name Dioecesis Francopolitana.
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].