Diocese of Patos de Minas
Paten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Patos de Minas, Brazil
The Diocese of Patos de Minas is a Latin Rite diocese in Minas Gerais, Brazil, erected in 1955. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Uberaba and is led by Bishop Claudio Nori Sturm.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 April 1955
- Latin
- Paten(sis)
- Patron
- san Antonio de Padua
- Annuario code
- 001002562
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 522,000
- Population
- 529,162
- Catholic share
- 98.6%
- Priests
- 83
- Catholics per priest
- 6,289
- Extent
- 33,068 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 16
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
- Cláudio Nori Sturm
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 Pádua stands in Patos de Minas, 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 Uberaba
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Uberaba.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ItuiutabaItuiutaba
- Archdiocese of UberabaUberaba
- Diocese of UberlândiaUberlândia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Part of the ecclesiastical province of Uberaba in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Patensis) is centered on the city of Patos de Minas, where the Saint Antony Cathedral serves as the episcopal see.
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].