Diocese of Tianguá
Tianguen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tianguá, Brazil
The Diocese of Tiangua is a Latin Church diocese in Ceara, Brazil, erected on 13 March 1971 from the Diocese of Sobral. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 March 1971
- Latin
- Tianguen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anne (Sant'Ana)
- Annuario code
- 001003220
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 408,100
- Population
- 445,000
- Catholic share
- 91.7%
- Priests
- 44
- Catholics per priest
- 9,275
- Extent
- 9,680 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 42
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 Edimilson Neves Ferreira
- Born
- 3 October 1969
- Birthplace
- Jardim
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 Sant'Ana stands in Tianguá, 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 SobralSobral
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Tianguá, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Tianguensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza 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].