Archdiocese of Mariana
Marianen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Mariana, Brazil
The Archdiocese of Mariana is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Minas Gerais, Brazil, erected as a diocese in 1745 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1906. Its current ordinary is Archbishop Airton Jose dos Santos.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 December 1745
- Latin
- Marianen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Assumption
- Annuario code
- 001002164
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,069,000
- Population
- 1,274,000
- Catholic share
- 83.9%
- Priests
- 171
- Catholics per priest
- 6,251
- Extent
- 22,680 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 47
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
- Archbishop
- Airton José dos Santos
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 Metropolitana Basilica Nossa Senhora da Assuncao stands in Mariana, 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 Mariana
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CaratingaCaratinga
- Diocese of Governador ValadaresGovernador Valadares
- Diocese of Itabira–FabricianoItabira–Fabriciano
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Based in the city of Mariana in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, this Latin Church archdiocese is known in Latin as Archidioecesis Marianensis and in Portuguese as Arquidiocese de Mariana.
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].