Archdiocese of Porto Velho
Portus Veteris
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Porto Velho, Brazil
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Velho is a Latin Church see in Rondonia, Brazil, established as a territorial prelature in 1925 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1982. It has been led by Archbishop Roque Paloschi since 2015.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1925
- Latin
- Portus Veteris
- Patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001002649
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 598,000
- Population
- 664,958
- Catholic share
- 89.9%
- Priests
- 36
- Catholics per priest
- 16,611
- Extent
- 84,696 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.1
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
- Archbishop
- Roque Paloschi
- Born
- 5 November 1956
- Birthplace
- Lageado
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 Sagrado Coração de Jesus stands in Porto Velho, 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 Porto Velho
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Cruzeiro do SulCruzeiro do Sul
- Diocese of Guajará-MirimGuajará-Mirim
- Diocese of HumaitáHumaitá
- Diocese of Ji-ParanáJi-Paraná
- Diocese of LábreaLábrea
- Diocese of Rio BrancoRio Branco
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Porto Velho in Brazil is home to this archdiocese, known in Latin as Archidioecesis Portus Veteris.
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].