Diocese of Mossoró
Mossoren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mossoró, Brazil
The Diocese of Mossoro is a Latin Church diocese in Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil, erected in 1934 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Natal. Its current ordinary is Bishop Francisco de Sales Alencar Batista, O. Carm., appointed in 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 July 1934
- Latin
- Mossoren(sis)
- Patron
- santa Lucía
- Annuario code
- 001002300
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 671,000
- Population
- 825,000
- Catholic share
- 81.3%
- Priests
- 73
- Catholics per priest
- 9,192
- Extent
- 18,832 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 36
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
- Francisco de Sales Alencar Batista
- Born
- 17 April 1968
- Birthplace
- Araripina
- Institute
- CARMELITANI (O. Carm. /O.C.)
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 de Santa Luzia stands in Mossoró, 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 Natal
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Natal.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CaicóCaicó
- Archdiocese of NatalNatal
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Natal in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Mossorensis) has its seat in the city of Mossoró.
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].