Archdiocese of Niterói
Nictheroyen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Niterói, Brazil
The Archdiocese of Niterói is a Latin Rite metropolitan see in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, erected as a diocese in 1892 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1960. Its suffragans are Campos, Nova Friburgo, and Petrópolis.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 April 1892
- Latin
- Nictheroyen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint John the Baptist
- Annuario code
- 001002396
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,228,000
- Population
- 2,094,288
- Catholic share
- 58.6%
- Priests
- 148
- Catholics per priest
- 8,297
- Extent
- 4,453 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 276
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
- José Francisco Rezende Dias
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 de São João Batista stands in Niterói, 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 Niterói
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CamposCampos
- Diocese of Nova FriburgoNova Friburgo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A metropolitan see of the Latin Church in southeast Brazil, the Archdiocese of Niteroi (Nictheroy) (Latin: Archidioecesis Nictheroyensis) covers the city of Niterói in Rio de Janeiro state. Its archiepiscopal seat is the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in downtown Niterói. The city also holds the Minor Basilica of Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora, dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Help, and a future cathedral by Guanabara Bay is set for completion: the Nova Catedral São João Batista (New Cathedral of Saint Hohn the Baptist).
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].