Diocese of Nova Iguaçu
Neo-Iguassuen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nova Iguaçu, Brazil
The Diocese of Nova Iguaçu is a Latin Rite diocese in the Baixada Fluminense region of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, erected on 26 March 1960. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 March 1960
- Latin
- Neo-Iguassuen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002417
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,023,000
- Population
- 1,755,770
- Catholic share
- 58.3%
- Priests
- 79
- Catholics per priest
- 12,949
- Extent
- 983 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1,041
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
- Gilson Andrade da Silva
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 Santo Antônio de Jacutinga stands in Nova Iguaçu, 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 São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
A suffragan of Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Barra do Piraí–Volta RedondaBarra do Piraí–Volta Redonda
- Diocese of Duque de CaxiasDuque de Caxias
- Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de JaneiroSão Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
- Diocese of ValençaValença
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Nova Iguaçu, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Neo-Iguassuensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro 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].