Diocese of Iguatu
Iguatuvin(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Iguatu, Brazil
Diocese in Iguatu, Ceara, erected on 28 January 1961 by Pope John XXIII, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Fortaleza. The current bishop is Dom Geraldo Freire Soares, C.SS.R., serving since 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 January 1961
- Latin
- Iguatuvin(us)
- Patron
- São José
- Annuario code
- 001001647
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 498,000
- Population
- 525,000
- Catholic share
- 94.9%
- Priests
- 47
- Catholics per priest
- 10,596
- Extent
- 21,904 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 23
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 Geraldo Freire Soares, C.SS.R.
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 São José stands in Iguatu, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Fortaleza.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BaturitéBaturité
- Diocese of CrateúsCrateús
- Diocese of CratoCrato
- Archdiocese of FortalezaFortaleza
- 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
Iguatu, a city in the ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza in Brazil, gives its name to this diocese, known in Latin as Dioecesis Iguatuvinus.
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].