Diocese of Fall River
Riverormen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Fall River, Massachusetts, United States
The Diocese of Fall River is a Latin Rite diocese covering southeastern Massachusetts, including Cape Cod and the Islands, erected in 1904. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Boston and is led by Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 March 1904
- Latin
- Riverormen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Mary of the Assumption
- Annuario code
- 001001396
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 275,290
- Population
- 825,540
- Catholic share
- 33.3%
- Priests
- 123
- Catholics per priest
- 2,238
- Extent
- 3,107 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 89
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
- Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V.
- Born
- 21 August 1953
- Birthplace
- Riachão do Jacuípe
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ DIVINE VOCAZIONI (PADRI VOCAZIONISTI) (S.D.V.)
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
Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption stands in Fall River, 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 Boston
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Boston.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BostonBoston
- Diocese of BurlingtonBurlington
- Diocese of ManchesterManchester
- Diocese of PortlandPortland
- Diocese of Springfield in MassachusettsSpringfield
- Diocese of WorcesterWorcester
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Southeastern Massachusetts in the United States is the territory of the Diocese of Fall River (Latin: Dioecesis Riverormensis), a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Boston. St. Mary's Cathedral in Fall River serves as the mother church, and Edgar Moreira da Cunha is the bishop.
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].