Diocese of Nova Friburgo
Neo-Friburgen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nova Friburgo, Brazil
The Diocese of Nova Friburgo is a Latin Rite diocese in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, erected on 26 March 1960 from the dioceses of Barra do Piraí and Petrópolis. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Niterói.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 March 1960
- Latin
- Neo-Friburgen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002416
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 503,000
- Population
- 620,000
- Catholic share
- 81.1%
- Priests
- 80
- Catholics per priest
- 6,288
- Extent
- 10,086 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 50
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
- Pedro Cunha Cruz
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 São João Batista stands in Nova Friburgo, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Niterói.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CamposCampos
- Archdiocese of NiteróiNiterói
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Nova Friburgo is the seat of this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Neo-Friburgensis), part of the ecclesiastical province of Niterói 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].