Diocese of Presidente Prudente
Prudentipolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Presidente Prudente, Brazil
The Diocese of Presidente Prudente is a Latin Church see in Sao Paulo state, Brazil, erected in 1960 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Botucatu. It has been led by Bishop Benedito Goncalves dos Santos since 2008.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 January 1960
- Latin
- Prudentipolitan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Sebastian
- Annuario code
- 001002665
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 542,400
- Population
- 511,445
- Priests
- 70
- Catholics per priest
- 7,749
- Extent
- 13,251 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 41
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
- Benedito Gonçalves dos Santos
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 São Sebastião stands in Presidente Prudente, 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 Botucatu
A suffragan of Botucatu.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AraçatubaAraçatuba
- Diocese of AssisAssis
- Diocese of BauruBauru
- Archdiocese of BotucatuBotucatu
- Diocese of LinsLins
- Diocese of MaríliaMarília
- Diocese of OurinhosOurinhos
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church in Southern Brazil, the Diocese of Presidente Prudente (Latin: Dioecesis Prudentipolitana) is suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Botucatu. In the episcopal see of Presidente Prudente, the cathedra rests in the Catedral São Sebastião, dedicated to Saint Sebastian.
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].