Diocese of Roraima
Roraimen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Roraima, Brazil
Latin Church diocese covering the state of Roraima, with its see in Boa Vista. Originating as an apostolic administration in 1934, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manaus.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1934
- Latin
- Roraimen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002769
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 200,000
- Population
- 324,397
- Catholic share
- 61.7%
- Priests
- 45
- Catholics per priest
- 4,444
- Extent
- 230,104 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.9
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
- Bishop
- Evaristo Pascoal Spengler
- Born
- 29 March 1959
- Birthplace
- Gaspar
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
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 Cristo Redentor stands in Roraima, 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 Manaus
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Manaus.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Alto SolimõesAlto Solimões
- Diocese of BorbaBorba
- Diocese of CoariCoari
- Archdiocese of ManausManaus
- Diocese of ParintinsParintins
- Diocese of São Gabriel da CachoeiraSão Gabriel da Cachoeira
- Territorial Prelature of ItacoatiaraItacoatiara
- Territorial Prelature of TeféTefé
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering the state of Roraima, this Brazilian diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Roraimensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Manaus.
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].