Diocese of Jales
Ialespolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Jales, Brazil
The Diocese of Jales is a Latin Rite diocese in São Paulo state, Brazil, established on December 12, 1959 from the Diocese of Rio Preto. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of São José do Rio Preto.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 December 1959
- Latin
- Ialespolitan(us)
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
- Annuario code
- 001001714
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 305,000
- Population
- 359,702
- Catholic share
- 84.8%
- Priests
- 45
- Catholics per priest
- 6,778
- Extent
- 12,788 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 24
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
- José Reginaldo Andrietta
- Born
- 7 March 1957
- Birthplace
- Pirassununga
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 da Assunção stands in Jales, 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 São José do Rio Preto
A suffragan of Archdiocese of São José do Rio Preto.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BarretosBarretos
- Diocese of CatanduvaCatanduva
- Archdiocese of São José do Rio PretoSão José do Rio Preto
- Diocese of VotuporangaVotuporanga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of São José do Rio Preto in Brazil, the Diocese of Jales (Latin: Dioecesis Ialespolitanus) has its seat in the city of Jales.
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].