Diocese of Nazaré
Nazaren(sis) in Brasilia
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nazaré, Brazil
The Diocese of Nazaré is a Latin Rite diocese seated in Nazaré da Mata, Pernambuco, Brazil, erected on 2 August 1918 from the Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife, of which it is a suffragan.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 August 1918
- Latin
- Nazaren(sis) in Brasilia
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora de la Inmaculada Concepción
- Annuario code
- 001002365
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 768,261
- Population
- 904,261
- Catholic share
- 85.0%
- Priests
- 81
- Catholics per priest
- 9,485
- Extent
- 5,986 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 128
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 Assis Dantas de Lucena
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 da Conceição stands in Nazaré, 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 Olinda e Recife
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Afogados da IngazeiraAfogados da Ingazeira
- Diocese of CaruaruCaruaru
- Diocese of FlorestaFloresta
- Diocese of GaranhunsGaranhuns
- Archdiocese of Olinda e RecifeOlinda e Recife
- Diocese of PalmaresPalmares
- Diocese of PesqueiraPesqueira
- Diocese of PetrolinaPetrolina
- Diocese of SalgueiroSalgueiro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Established on August 2, 1918 as the Diocese of Nazaré from territory of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife, this see (Latin: Dioecesis Nazarensis in Brasilia) is located in the city of Nazaré da Mata within that same Brazilian province.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Cúria Diocesana, Praça Herculano Bandeira 35, 55800-000 Nazaré da Mata, PE, Brasil
- Telephone
- e fax [081]3633-1009
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].