Archdiocese of Goiânia
Goianien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Goiânia, Brazil
The Archdiocese of Goiânia is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in the state of Goiás, central Brazil. It was established as a metropolitan archdiocese in 1956 from the Archdiocese of Goiás.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 March 1956
- Latin
- Goianien(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady Help of Christians
- Annuario code
- 001001498
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,100,000
- Population
- 1,850,000
- Catholic share
- 59.5%
- Priests
- 220
- Catholics per priest
- 5,000
- Extent
- 13,855 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 79
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
- João Justino de Medeiros Silva
- Born
- 22 December 1966
- Birthplace
- Juiz de Fora
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 Our Lady Help of Christians stands in Goiânia, 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 Goiânia
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AnápolisAnápolis
- Diocese of GoiásGoiás
- Diocese of ItumbiaraItumbiara
- Diocese of JataíJataí
- Diocese of Rubiataba–MozarlândiaRubiataba–Mozarlândia
- Diocese of São Luís de Montes BelosSão Luís de Montes Belos
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].