Diocese of Itapeva
Itapeven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Itapeva, Brazil
The Diocese of Itapeva is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, established in 1968. Its cathedral is dedicated to Saint Anne.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 March 1968
- Latin
- Itapeven(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anne
- Annuario code
- 001001693
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 253,000
- Population
- 401,000
- Catholic share
- 63.1%
- Priests
- 49
- Catholics per priest
- 5,163
- Extent
- 14,182 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 18
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
- Eduardo Malaspina
- Born
- 12 July 1967
- Birthplace
- Tabatinga
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 Sant'Ana stands in Itapeva, 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 Sorocaba
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Sorocaba.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ItapetiningaItapetininga
- Diocese of JundiaíJundiaí
- Diocese of RegistroRegistro
- Archdiocese of SorocabaSorocaba
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Sorocaba in Brazil, the Diocese of Itapeva (Latin: Dioecesis Itapevensis) has its seat in the city of Itapeva.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Rua Coronel Crescêncio 311, 18400-140 Itapeva, SP, Brasil
- Telephone
- [015]3522-0015
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].