Diocese of Sobral
Sobralen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sobral, Brazil
Latin rite diocese in Ceará, Brazil, erected in 1915 from the Diocese of Ceará. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza, with José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos as bishop since 2015.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 November 1915
- Latin
- Sobralen(sis)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição
- Annuario code
- 001003078
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 777,000
- Population
- 917,000
- Catholic share
- 84.7%
- Priests
- 74
- Catholics per priest
- 10,500
- Extent
- 18,920 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 41
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
- José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos
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 Nossa Senhora da Conceição stands in Sobral, 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 Fortaleza
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Fortaleza.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BaturitéBaturité
- Diocese of CrateúsCrateús
- Diocese of CratoCrato
- Archdiocese of FortalezaFortaleza
- Diocese of IguatuIguatu
- Diocese of ItapipocaItapipoca
- Diocese of Limoeiro do NorteLimoeiro do Norte
- Diocese of QuixadáQuixadá
- Diocese of TianguáTianguá
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Sobralensis, Portuguese: Diocese de Sobral) has its seat in the city of Sobral.
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].