Diocese of Guaxupé
Guaxupen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Guaxupé, Brazil
Diocese in Guaxupe, Minas Gerais, established on 3 February 1916 from the Diocese of Pouso Alegre, to which it is suffragan. The current bishop is Dom Jose Lanza Neto, serving since 2007.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 February 1916
- Latin
- Guaxupen(sis)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora das Dores
- Annuario code
- 001001546
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 691,000
- Population
- 867,000
- Catholic share
- 79.7%
- Priests
- 134
- Catholics per priest
- 5,157
- Extent
- 13,953 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 50
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
- Dom José Lanza Neto
- Born
- 31 December 1952
- Birthplace
- Pirangi
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
Catedral Nossa Senhora das Dores stands in Guaxupé, 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 Pouso Alegre
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Pouso AlegrePouso Alegre
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Guaxupé is home to this Brazilian diocese, titled Dioecesis Guaxupensis in Latin and belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Pouso Alegre.
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].