Diocese of Porto Nacional
Portus Nationalis
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Porto Nacional, Brazil
The Diocese of Porto Nacional is a Latin Church see in Tocantins, Brazil, erected in 1915 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Palmas. It is sede vacante following the resignation of Bishop Jose Moreira da Silva in June 2026, with Archbishop Pedro Brito Guimaraes of Palmas serving as apostolic administrator.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 December 1915
- Latin
- Portus Nationalis
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes
- Annuario code
- 001002646
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 276,000
- Population
- 319,861
- Catholic share
- 86.3%
- Priests
- 65
- Catholics per priest
- 4,246
- Extent
- 96,488 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.9
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
The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Nossa Senhora das Mercês stands in Porto Nacional, 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
A suffragan of Palmas.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AraguaínaAraguaína
- Diocese of CristalândiaCristalândia
- Diocese of Miracema do TocantinsMiracema do Tocantins
- Archdiocese of PalmasPalmas
- Diocese of TocantinópolisTocantinópolis
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].