Diocese of Januária
Ianuarien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Januária, Brazil
The Diocese of Januária is a Latin Rite diocese in Minas Gerais, Brazil, established on June 15, 1957 from the Diocese of Montes Claros and the Prelature of Paracatu. It became a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montes Claros in 2001.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 June 1957
- Latin
- Ianuarien(sis)
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora de los Dolores
- Annuario code
- 001001720
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 313,000
- Population
- 287,150
- Priests
- 40
- Catholics per priest
- 7,825
- Extent
- 37,961 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.2
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
- Dorival Souza Barreto Júnior
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 Januária, 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 JanaúbaJanaúba
- Archdiocese of Montes ClarosMontes Claros
- Diocese of ParacatuParacatu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Januária anchors this Brazilian diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Ianuariensis), likewise a member of the ecclesiastical province of Montes Claros.
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].