Diocese of Janaúba
Ianauben(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Janaúba, Brazil
The Diocese of Janaúba is a Latin Rite diocese in Minas Gerais, Brazil, established on July 5, 2000 from the Dioceses of Januária and Montes Claros. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montes Claros.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 July 2000
- Latin
- Ianauben(sis)
- Patron
- Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
- Annuario code
- 001001719
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 357,000
- Population
- 362,400
- Catholic share
- 98.5%
- Priests
- 48
- Catholics per priest
- 7,438
- Extent
- 28,975 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 12
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
- Roberto José da Silva
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 Sagrado Coração de Jesus stands in Janaúba, 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 Montes Claros
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Montes Claros.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of JanuáriaJanuária
- Archdiocese of Montes ClarosMontes Claros
- Diocese of ParacatuParacatu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Janaúba, a city in the ecclesiastical province of Montes Claros in Brazil, is the seat of this diocese, titled Dioecesis Ianaubena in Latin.
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].