Diocese of Sinop
Sinopen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sinop, Brazil
Latin rite diocese in Mato Grosso, Brazil, erected in 1982 from the Diocese of Diamantino. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cuiabá, with Canísio Klaus as bishop since 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 February 1982
- Latin
- Sinopen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003067
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 534,000
- Population
- 650,000
- Catholic share
- 82.2%
- Priests
- 59
- Catholics per priest
- 9,051
- Extent
- 191,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.8
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
- Canísio Klaus
- Born
- 9 October 1951
- Birthplace
- Arroio do Meio
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 Sagrado Coração de Jesus stands in Sinop, 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 Cuiabá
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cuiabá.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Barra do GarçasBarra do Garças
- Diocese of DiamantinoDiamantino
- Diocese of Primavera do Leste–ParanatingaPrimavera do Leste–Paranatinga
- Diocese of Rondonópolis–GuiratingaRondonópolis–Guiratinga
- Diocese of São Luiz de CáceresSão Luiz de Cáceres
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Sinop, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Sinopensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Cuiabá 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].