Diocese of Uberlândia
Fertilien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Uberlândia, Brazil
The Diocese of Uberlandia is a Latin Church diocese in the Triangulo Mineiro region of Minas Gerais, Brazil, erected on 22 July 1961 from the Diocese of Uberaba. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Uberaba.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 July 1961
- Latin
- Fertilien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Therese of the Child Jesus (Santa Teresinha)
- Annuario code
- 001000032
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 663,000
- Population
- 810,000
- Catholic share
- 81.9%
- Priests
- 71
- Catholics per priest
- 9,338
- Extent
- 13,853 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 48
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
- Paulo Francisco Machado
- Born
- 13 October 1952
- Birthplace
- Magé
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 de Santa Teresinha do Menino Jesus e da Sagrada Face stands in Uberlândia, 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 Uberaba
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Uberaba.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ItuiutabaItuiutaba
- Diocese of Patos de MinasPatos de Minas
- Archdiocese of UberabaUberaba
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Uberaba in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Fertiliensis) has its seat in the city of Uberlândia.
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].