Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre
de Pouso Alegre
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Pouso Alegre, Brazil
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre is a Latin Church see in Minas Gerais, Brazil, erected in 1900 from the Diocese of Mariana and elevated to an archdiocese in 1962. It has been led by Archbishop Jose Luiz Majella Delgado, C.SS.R., since 2014, with suffragans Campanha and Guaxupe.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 August 1900
- Latin
- de Pouso Alegre
- Annuario code
- 001002659
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 660,580
- Population
- 730,918
- Catholic share
- 90.4%
- Priests
- 140
- Catholics per priest
- 4,718
- Extent
- 12,620 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 52
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
- José Luiz Majella Delgado
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 do Bom Jesus stands in Pouso Alegre, 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 Pouso Alegre
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GuaxupéGuaxupé
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the Brazilian city of the same name, the Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre carries the Latin title Archidioecesis Pouso Alegre.
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].