Diocese of Lins
Linen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lins, Brazil
The Diocese of Lins is a Latin rite diocese in São Paulo state, Brazil, erected in 1926 as the Diocese of Cafelândia and renamed Lins in 1950, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Botucatu. João Gilberto de Moura was installed as its ninth bishop on December 14, 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1926
- Latin
- Linen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anthony (Santo Antônio)
- Annuario code
- 001002015
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 183,350
- Population
- 280,457
- Catholic share
- 65.4%
- Priests
- 67
- Catholics per priest
- 2,737
- Extent
- 8,429 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 22
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
- João Gilberto de Moura
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 Santo Antônio stands in Lins, 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 Botucatu
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Botucatu.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AraçatubaAraçatuba
- Diocese of AssisAssis
- Diocese of BauruBauru
- Archdiocese of BotucatuBotucatu
- Diocese of MaríliaMarília
- Diocese of OurinhosOurinhos
- Diocese of Presidente PrudentePresidente Prudente
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Lins, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Linensis) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Botucatu in Brazil.
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].