Diocese of Penedo
Peneden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Penedo, Brazil
The Diocese of Penedo in Alagoas was established on April 3, 1916, separated from the Archdiocese of Maceio. Its current ordinary is Bishop Valdemir Ferreira dos Santos, transferred from the Diocese of Amargosa.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 April 1916
- Latin
- Peneden(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Holy Rosary
- Annuario code
- 001002573
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 689,177
- Population
- 832,365
- Catholic share
- 82.8%
- Priests
- 72
- Catholics per priest
- 9,572
- Extent
- 8,298 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 83
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
- Valdemir Ferreira dos Santos
- Born
- 30 March 1960
- Birthplace
- Itajaí de Nova Canaã
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 das Vitorias do Santo Rosario stands in Penedo, 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 Maceio
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Maceio.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MaceióMaceió
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Penedo, this Brazilian diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Penedensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Maceió.
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].