Diocese of Goiás
Goiasen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Goiás, Brazil
The Diocese of Goiás is a Latin Church diocese in the state of Goiás, Brazil, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Goiânia. Erected as a territorial prelature in 1745 and later a diocese, it was a metropolitan archdiocese from 1932 until 1956 when it reverted to diocesan status.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1745
- Latin
- Goiasen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anne
- Annuario code
- 001001499
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 208,000
- Population
- 224,395
- Catholic share
- 92.7%
- Priests
- 28
- Catholics per priest
- 7,429
- Extent
- 23,573 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.8
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
- Jeová Elias Ferreira
- Born
- 24 August 1961
- Birthplace
- Sobral
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 Goiás, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Goiânia.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AnápolisAnápolis
- Archdiocese of GoiâniaGoiânia
- 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.
History
A Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church, the Diocese of Goiás (Latin: Dioecesis Goiasensis) has its seat in the city of Goiás and serves as a suffragan within the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiânia in Brazil.
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].