Diocese of Juazeiro
Iuazeirien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Juazeiro, Brazil
The Diocese of Juazeiro is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in Bahia, Brazil, erected in 1962 from territory of the dioceses of Barra and Bonfim. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Feira de Santana.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 July 1962
- Latin
- Iuazeirien(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Grottos (Nossa Senhora das Grotas)
- Annuario code
- 001001758
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 416,000
- Population
- 433,000
- Catholic share
- 96.1%
- Priests
- 34
- Catholics per priest
- 12,235
- Extent
- 56,249 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.4
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
- Valdemir Vicente Andrade Santos
- Born
- 5 January 1973
- Birthplace
- Aracaju
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 Grotas stands in Juazeiro, 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 Feira de Santana
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Feira de Santana.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BarreirasBarreiras
- Diocese of BonfimBonfim
- Archdiocese of Feira de SantanaFeira de Santana
- Diocese of IrecêIrecê
- Diocese of Paulo AfonsoPaulo Afonso
- Diocese of Ruy BarbosaRuy Barbosa
- Diocese of SerrinhaSerrinha
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Feira de Santana in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Iuazeiriensis) has its seat in the city of Juazeiro.
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].