Diocese of Paracatu
Paracatuen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Paracatu, Brazil
The Diocese of Paracatu is a Latin Rite diocese in Minas Gerais, Brazil, erected as a diocese in 1962 after originating as a territorial prelature in 1929. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montes Claros.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 March 1929
- Latin
- Paracatuen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anthony of Padua
- Annuario code
- 001002537
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 234,000
- Population
- 300,000
- Catholic share
- 78.0%
- Priests
- 51
- Catholics per priest
- 4,588
- Extent
- 54,387 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.3
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
- Jorge Alves Bezerra
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 Antonio stands in Paracatu, 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 Montes Claros
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Montes Claros.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of JanaúbaJanaúba
- Diocese of JanuáriaJanuária
- Archdiocese of Montes ClarosMontes Claros
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the Brazilian city of Paracatu, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Paracatuensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Montes Claros.
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].