Diocese of Oliveira
Oliveiren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Oliveira, Brazil
The Diocese of Oliveira is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the state of Minas Gerais, created in 1941 by Pope Pius XII. It is led by Bishop Miguel Ângelo Freitas Ribeiro, appointed in 2007.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 December 1941
- Latin
- Oliveiren(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Oliveira
- Annuario code
- 001002452
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 268,078
- Population
- 300,000
- Catholic share
- 89.4%
- Priests
- 56
- Catholics per priest
- 4,787
- Extent
- 7,738 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 35
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
- Miguel Ângelo Freitas Ribeiro
- Born
- 26 November 1958
- Birthplace
- Itaguara
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 de Oliveira stands in Oliveira, 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 Belo Horizonte
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Belo HorizonteBelo Horizonte
- Diocese of DivinópolisDivinópolis
- Diocese of LuzLuz
- Diocese of Sete LagoasSete Lagoas
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Oliveira holds the seat of this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Oliveirensis), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Belo Horizonte 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].