Diocese of Sete Lagoas
Septemlacunen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sete Lagoas, Brazil
Latin rite diocese in Minas Gerais, Brazil, erected in 1955. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, with Francisco Cota de Oliveira serving as bishop since 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 July 1955
- Latin
- Septemlacunen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anthony
- Annuario code
- 001003033
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 354,017
- Population
- 454,314
- Catholic share
- 77.9%
- Priests
- 62
- Catholics per priest
- 5,710
- Extent
- 11,915 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 30
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
- Francisco Cota de Oliveira
- Born
- 5 August 1969
- Birthplace
- Onça do Pitangui
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 Santo Antônio stands in Sete Lagoas, 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 Belo Horizonte
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Belo HorizonteBelo Horizonte
- Diocese of DivinópolisDivinópolis
- Diocese of LuzLuz
- Diocese of OliveiraOliveira
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Sete Lagoas is the seat of this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Septemlacunensis), which forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Belo Horizonte in Brazil.
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].