Archdiocese of Palmas
Palmen(sis) in Brasilia
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Palmas, Brazil
The Archdiocese of Palmas is a Latin Church metropolitan see in the state of Tocantins, erected as a metropolitan archdiocese in 1996. Archbishop Pedro Brito Guimarães, appointed in 2010, leads the province as metropolitan over five suffragan dioceses.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 March 1996
- Latin
- Palmen(sis) in Brasilia
- Patron
- Divine Holy Spirit
- Annuario code
- 001002522
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 203,000
- Population
- 183,385
- Priests
- 100
- Catholics per priest
- 2,030
- Extent
- 29,938 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.8
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
- Pedro Brito Guimarães
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 do Divino Espírito Santo stands in Palmas, 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 Palmas
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AraguaínaAraguaína
- Diocese of CristalândiaCristalândia
- Diocese of Miracema do TocantinsMiracema do Tocantins
- Diocese of Porto NacionalPorto Nacional
- Diocese of TocantinópolisTocantinópolis
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Palmas in Brazil is the seat of an archdiocese known in Latin as Archidioecesis Palmensis in Brasilia.
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].